June 15, 2008: Several U.S. legislators (from the House of Representatives) have complained that their computers were infected by eavesdropping software inserted by hackers traced back to China. There was a similar flap over two years ago. Back then, there was enough proof to know that China was behind the increasing number of Internet based attacks, but not enough to call China out on it. .... The Chinese cyber army keeps getting better, and that includes covering their tracks. It may take a defector or three to make it definite that China is waging a stealthy war over the Internet. Meanwhile, the Chinese reap enormous economic and political benefits from their raids on economic and technical secrets in the West.
The Longer War Gets Worse
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June 15, 2008: Several U.S. legislators (from the House of Representatives) have complained that their computers were infected by eavesdropping software inserted by hackers traced back to China. There was a similar flap over two years ago. Back then, there was enough proof to know that China was behind the increasing number of Internet based attacks, but not enough to call China out on it. .... The Chinese cyber army keeps getting better, and that includes covering their tracks. It may take a defector or three to make it definite that China is waging a stealthy war over the Internet. Meanwhile, the Chinese reap enormous economic and political benefits from their raids on economic and technical secrets in the West.
