'China using elite hacker community to build cyber warfare capability'.Byline: ANI London, Oct 23 (ANI): The Communist regime in China with the help of a elite hacker community is building its cyber warfare capabilities and appears to be using a long-term computer attack campaign to collect US intelligence. An independent study released by a congressional advisory panel found cases that suggested that China's elite hacker community has ties to Beijing, although there is no substantial proof. The commission report details a cyber attack against a US company several years ago that appeared to either originate in Verb 1. originate in - come from stem - grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war" or came through China and was similar to other incidents also believed to be connected to that country, The Telegraph reports. The data from company's network was being sent to multiple computers in the US and overseas, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an analysis done by the company over several days. The report contends that the attackers targeted specific data, suggesting a very coordinated and sophisticated operation by people who had the expertise to use the high-tech information. An Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP) address located in China was used at times during the episode, the paper reports. The Chinese Government Ever since Republic of China founded in January 1st, 1912, China has had several regional and national governments. List
Potential Chinese targets in the US would likely include Pentagon networks and databases to disrupt command and control communications In telecommunication, control communications is the branch of technology devoted to the design, development, and application of communications facilities used specifically for control purposes, such as for controlling (a) industrial processes, (b) movement of resources, (c) , and possibly corrupt encrypted data, the report says. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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