Posted on 10/01/2012 8:30:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Bill Gertz has the grim news in the Washington Free Beacon:
Hackers linked to China's government broke into one of the U.S. government's most sensitive computer networks, breaching a system used by the White House Military Office for nuclear commands, according to defense and intelligence officials familiar with the incident.
One official said the cyber breach was one of Beijing's most brazen cyber attacks against the United States and highlights a failure of the Obama administration to press China on its persistent cyber attacks.
Disclosure of the cyber attack also comes amid heightened tensions in Asia, as the Pentagon moved two U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups and Marine amphibious units near waters by Japan's Senkaku islands.
China and Japan-the United States' closest ally in Asia and a defense treaty partner-are locked in a heated maritime dispute over the Senkakus, which China claims as its territory.
U.S. officials familiar with reports of the White House hacking incident said it took place earlier this month and involved unidentified hackers, believed to have used computer servers in China, who accessed the computer network used by the White House Military Office (WHMO), the president's military office in charge of some of the government's most sensitive communications, including strategic nuclear commands. The office also arranges presidential communications and travel, and inter-government teleconferences involving senior policy and intelligence officials.
An Obama administration national security official said: "This was a spear phishing attack against an unclassified network."
Spear phishing is a cyber attack that uses disguised emails that seek to convince recipients of a specific organization to provide confidential information. Spear phishing in the past has been linked to China and other states with sophisticated cyber warfare capabilities. The official described the type of attack as "not infrequent" and said there were unspecified "mitigation measures in place."
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Hacking , BLAH ,more like inside job
God help us!!! Please!!
All the Chinese have to do is pretend to be pro-Obama media and this WH bunch will GIVE it away .... as per all their previous national security leaking.
Open Mic Catches Obama Asking Medvedev for Space on Missile Defense
March 26, 2012
"In a private conversation about the planned U.S.-led NATO missile defense system in Europe, President Barack Obama asked outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for space on the issue.
“This is my last election,” Obama told Medvedev. “After my election I have more flexibility.”
“I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir,” Medvedev said, referring to incoming President Vladimir Putin."
http://fox8.com/2012/03/26/open-mic-catches-obama-asking-medvedev-for-space-on-missile-defense/
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Obama was talking with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev when neither of them realized that their conversation was being picked up by microphones. Here is what they said:
Obama: “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved, but it’s important for him to give me space.”
Medvedev: “Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you ...”
Obama: “This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.”
Medvedev: “I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir.”
“This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.” That statement tells us much about the president’s mindset.
The specific mention of missile defense is worrisome enough. Mr. Obama has retreated from the missile defense plan that was negotiated with European allies during the George W. Bush administration. Apparently, he is signaling Moscow that he intends to retreat further. The clear implication from the president’s comments is that he cannot tell the American people before the election what he plans to do after the election.
In addition, there is the phrase “on all these issues,” implying more is at stake than just missile defense.”
Article: Obama plans double cross on missile defense
When it comes to keeping America safe, we shouldn’t be too flexible:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/29/obama-plans-double-cross-on-missile-defense/print/
Seems like an act of war to me.
After zero got elected didn’t he demand a personal blackberry that was not to be monitored?
God only knows what’s been going in and out of that all this time.
The only portal that N Korea has to the internet is through China. N Koreans are almost exclusively trained at Chinese Universities where past attacks have originated.
I put my money on the N Koreans operating out of China as this has happened many times before and the hackers are just sent home to N Korea.
China is very good at finding hackers and Chinese are too scared to do it, just ask the Chinese Google employees.
I don’t understand. Why would they need to “break in”? I mean, isn’t everything open to our enemies already?
Absolutely an act of war. We should freeze all imports of chinese products until the PRC fesses up & stops this activity.
In any case, I think they really are planning a war. They have 18 million unmarriageable men who will become a problem if they’re not ‘used’ in some manner in the not too distant future.
Is proof
Commies like Ted Hall, the Rosenbergs and Barack Obama have always thought it is unfair that the US should have nuclear secrets that other countries don’t have. Dangerous even.
Ted Hall: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Hall
The Rosenbergs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenbergs
Barack Obama: no link necessary!
Makes it easy to “hack” if someone on The Hill gives them the password.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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"Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."
http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2005/09/war-games-russia-china-grow-alliance
HEY! That's the ChiCom's JOB!
Our job is to protect against such attacks and be better at them in executing them against their infrastructure.
I'm kinda glad we're figuring this out now, rather than later.
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