Wednesday, November 2, 2011

China Targeting U.S. Military Firms For Cyber Attacks

Cyberattacks On U.S. Military Firms Traced To China -- CBC/AP

Cyberattacks traced to China targeted at least 48 chemical and military-related companies in an effort to steal technical secrets, a U.S. computer security company said Tuesday, adding to complaints about pervasive internet crime linked to this country.

The targets included 29 chemical companies and 19 others that make advanced materials used by the military, California-based Symantec Corp. said in a report. It said the group included multiple Fortune 100 companies but did not identify them or say where they were located.

Read more ....

My Comment: Only 48 U.S. military firms targeted by Chinese hackers .... I expected far more to have been targeted.

No comments:

Post a Comment