China Cyber Espionage Grows -- Washington Free Beacon
Secret military cyber unit masked activities after exposure
The recent exposure of a secret Chinese military cyber warfare unit has not led to a decrease in cyber espionage against U.S. government and private networks, according a draft congressional China commission report.
Instead, the Chinese military group temporarily limited its large-scale cyber espionage campaign and took steps to mask its activities, according to a forthcoming report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
The report concludes that the Chinese government is engaged in a concerted campaign of cyber attacks led by a Shanghai-based unit.
China’s cyber spying is designed to gain information for its military programs and civilian enterprises, and also for preparing the military to conduct attacks in a future conflict.
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My Comment: With NSA surveillance and cyber spying stories and revelations now hitting the news media almost everyday .... it is not hard to fathom that in the eyes of the Chinese .... all bets are now off when it comes to cyber spying. In short .... if the U.S. can do .... then so can we.
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