Cyberwarfare: The Issue China Won't Touch

A new study reports that the international arms race is now moving online.
Photo from The Telegraph

From Time Magazine:

U.S. President Barack Obama's trip to China has a dirty little secret: cyberwarfare. It is an issue Beijing refuses to acknowledge exists, but it has the potential to torpedo military relations between the two nations. Almost every other conceivable area of disagreement between China and the U.S. will have been raised during Obama's visit by one side or the other — even such highly sensitive issues as human rights and the unrest in Tibet and Xinjiang province. But even if U.S. officials try to raise the issue of what they believe is a constant and growing campaign by China to infiltrate U.S. networks, steal secrets and hone Beijing's ability to wreak havoc in case of military conflict, the likelihood is that Chinese officials will simply deny that the problem exists, as they have done with great success in the past. From the American point of view, there's unfortunately currently little Washington can do to change that state of affairs.

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My Comment: While everyone is reporting on the recent news that China has the technical information necessary to build stealth fighters within 10 years, no one is asking the more interesting question .... did China develop this technology on their own .... or did they steal it.

If they were able to get this valuable technical information through espionage .... cyber attacks would be on the top of their preferred way of doing it. Since major U.S. aviation companies have already been targeted by Chinese hackers, one can then assume that this is how they have been successful in getting this information.

And how does the White House response to all of this .... silence against those who are targeting us, and a commitment to spend large amounts of money playing defense.