DefenseNews: Chinese cyber attacks on the rise

Heike — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:47:22 +0000

Defense News presents a rather chilling look at the rising threat of Chinese cyber operations and cyber crime targeting US interests to include defense and industry:

Chinese hackers have been able to steal data as diverse as NASA files on the Mars orbiter’s propulsion system, solar panels and fuel tanks, Army helicopter mission planning systems and Air Force flight planning software.

China has been able to break into the U.S. military’s non-classified NIPRNet, which could give it “the potential capability to delay or disrupt U.S. forces without physically engaging them,” the commission says.

And China continues to strengthen its cyber warfare capabilities. “Many individuals are being trained in cyber operations at Chinese military academies,” the commission report says.

Chinese-made cyber hardware is a threat, too. Computer and network components made in China could be implanted with malicious code that can be activated later to steal, manipulate or destroy critical data, the commission says.

Cyber warfare/crime “Top 10″ issue facing world security

Heike — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:32:39 +0000

Just returned from a conference on the “Future Operational Environment,” with representatives from 13 different nations briefing the challenges facing their countries out to 2020. Cyber warfare/crime was listed as one of the top 10 issues facing world security from just about every speaker who took the podium. Among the other issues cited, in no particular order, were:

Globilization
Non-state militaries
NGOs
Resources (Energy and Water)
Demographics
Terrorism
Urbanization
Migration
Cyber conflict
Transnational Crime

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DefenseNews: Chinese cyber attacks on the rise

Cyber warfare/crime “Top 10″ issue facing world security