Posted on 09/03/2007 1:21:27 PM PDT by RDTF
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 of Robert Gates, defence secretary, but declined to say who it believed was behind the attack.
Current and former officials have told the Financial Times 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 on Monday.
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Did the Clinton campaign sell passwords again?
Another reason NOT to let china buy up all of our technology/computer companies. They want to sell them to you, start making them out of crappier designs and quality, and then after you have them they want to hack into them.
hmm... to Hsu?
While the Chinese are poisening our children with lead-contaminated toys, our pets with pesticide-laden kibble, our vehicles with dangerous tires, and our health with anti-freeze infested toothpaste, they are now hacking into our defense networks. Where is the outrage from our elected officials? Oh, remember that they own about $1 trillion in US treasuries that they will cash in at once to cripple our economy. Wake up America.
We should declare China illegal. The bombing begins in 5 minutes.
That’s intelligent.
I hope they hacked into a honeypot
Oh but Red China is our friend!! They let us sell things there and we can buy cheap things with lead paint and antifreeze in return!!
Why would anyone mistrust Red Communist China?????????
/sarc
Once again, the Chinese show their hand.
Why do we keep tolerating this?
Duncan Hunter’s been right about China for years: “While we trade with China, they prepare for war.”
We should treat them like the Communists they are.
Our country has a long history of giving away the farm. This is yet another example.
Yes, but look at those great Wal-Mart prices...
I think the attack was launched from red china’s embassy in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Windoze ?
The Chinese need us to buy their cheap junk more than we need them to buy and hold our debt. If China wanted to play rough with our economy, then the rules of the game change, and the US role as Mr. Nice Guy would end. The commies would be slitting their own throats. It might be rough for us, but it will be a catastrophe for them, and they will not find many friends in the world to back them up.
and Bill is probably just shocked to learn of this !!! RIGHT
Brilliant work on behalf of the Pentagon (if true) to even publicly acknowledge such a breach of security. Do they have latent desires to be fired? Where are their brains? (I know !)
Well we did when they moved that downed stealth fighter into their embassy in bosnia. OOPPS....
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