Pentagon Takes Aim at China Cyber Threat

Source: Associated Press

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 19, 2010
Filed at 3:41 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. is warning about the Chinese military's use of civilian computer experts in clandestine cyber attacks repeatedly aimed at American companies and government agencies.

The Pentagon says the People's Liberation Army is using "information warfare units" to develop viruses to attack enemy computer systems and networks. Those units include civilian computer professionals.

The assertion was made in a report this week. It illustrates the difficulties in dealing with cyber espionage that officials believe but can't always prove is coming from China.



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Chinese military doctrine has long looked to establish "electromagnetic dominance" early during conflicts. PLA theorists use the term "integrated network electronic warfare" to describe joint operations conducted with "electronic warfare, computer network operations, and kinetic strikes to disrupt battlefield information systems that support an adversary's warfighting and power projection capabilities," the report states.

http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/dod-china-continues-press-cyber-warfare-capabilities/2010-08-18


Hackers in China are developing malicious software "almost like a commercial product", said Val Smith founder of Attack Research, a Los Alamos, N.M.-based security firm. The products come complete with version numbers, product advertising, end-user license agreements and 24-hour support services, he said.

Unlike in the U.S, the buying and selling of hacker tools in China takes place mostly in the open, said Anthony Lai, a security researcher with Valkyrie-X Security Research Group (VXRL) a Hong Kong based non-profit firm.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/202247/china_called_a_hackers_marketplace.html

of the Pentagon's computers.

Fascinating! The biggest creditor of the USA - is also at war with her.

As an old Chinese proverb says, may you live in interesting times. :evilgrin:

Just put a sniffer on the ip and telnet port ...easy and hardly what you'd call a hack.