Friday, April 29, 2011

Who Is Winning The Cyber Espionage War?


Who's Ahead In Cyber Espionage War Between U.S., China? -- Defense Systems

Report says accelerated 'Byzantine Hades' attacks on U.S. systems appear to have given China the lead.

That China and the United States are engaged in cyber espionage isn’t exactly a secret, even if the details of the game aren’t usually public. But the pace has picked up in recent years and security experts say China may have taken the upper hand, according to a report by Reuters.

Brian Grow and Mark Hosenball write that China has stolen terabytes of sensitive U.S. data as part of a campaign of attacks that are accelerating. The stolen information includes usernames and passwords for State Department computers and designs for multi-billion dollar weapons systems, the authors write.

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More News On Who Is Ahead In the Cyber Espionage War

Welcome to the new Cold War: China vs. the United States -- ZDNet
Report: Chinese Far Outstrip U.S. Cyber-Spy Fight for Military, Business Secrets -- PC World
SPECIAL REPORT-In cyberspy vs. cyberspy, China has the edge -- Reuters
Report Describes Far-Flung Chinese Cyber Espionage Against U.S. Government -- Threat Post
China Leads U.S. in Cyber Spying -- AllGov
China's legions of hackers a growing threat -- 3News
Leaked US cables finger Chinese army hackers for cyber-spying -- The Register
Growing Global Threat From Chinese Cyber Hackers -- FOX News
Is China winning the cyber war? -- Federal Computing
China Accelerates Cyber Attacks, Espionage -- New American

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