The Air Force Space Command Network Operations and Security Centre in Colorado. Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters
US And China Engage In Cyber War Games -- The Guardian
Exclusive: US and Chinese officials take part in war games in bid to prevent military escalation from cyber attacks.
The US and China have been discreetly engaging in "war games" amid rising anger in Washington over the scale and audacity of Beijing-co-ordinated cyber attacks on western governments and big business, the Guardian has learned.
State department and Pentagon officials, along with their Chinese counterparts, were involved in two war games last year that were designed to help prevent a sudden military escalation between the sides if either felt they were being targeted. Another session is planned for May.
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Update: U.S. And China Hold Secret Cyber War Games -- IBTimes
My Comment: The fact that these war games are occurring tells me that there is a high level of concern in both Beijing and Washington on how a cyber attack can be construed as an act of war .... and that in the event of a crisis there must be some understanding between the two countries to prevent such an escalation.
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