The Chinese military hacked into a Pentagon computer network in June in the most successful cyber attack on the US defence department, say American officials.
The Pentagon acknowledged shutting down part of a computer system serving the office ofRobert Gates, defence secretary, but declined to say who it believed was behind the attack.
Current and former officials have told the Financial Times that an internal investigation has revealed that the incursion came from the People's Liberation Army.
One senior US official said the Pentagon had pinpointed the exact origins of the attack. Another person familiar with the event said there was a "very high level of confidence . . . trending towards total certainty" that the PLA was responsible. The defence ministry in Beijing declined to comment yesterday.
Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, raised reports of Chinese infiltration of German government computers with Wen Jiabao, China's premier, in a visit to Beijing, after which the Chinese foreign ministry said the government opposed and forbade "any criminal acts undermining computer systems, including hacking". More on the story.
3 comments:
Hey B-man & JB's.
Oh well that's just great. Next it's the satellites I guess. This is what the computer age get's you I guess.
And all of that wasted money and this country still gets hacked.
sooo true.
Have a good evening Biloximan.
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