Chinese computer hackers preparing "an informationized war"?

"The cyberattack of a U.S. military computer system has deepened concern about cyberspying and the security of the Internet's infrastructure," USA Today's Jon Swartz reported on March 12. "Chinese hackers were most likely behind an intrusion in November that disabled the Naval War College's network, forcing it to disconnect from the Internet for several weeks, says Lt. Cmdr. Doug Gabos, a spokesman for the Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command in Norfolk, Va."

According to Swartz, Gabos said forensic analysis indicates the hackers "may have sought information on war games in development at the naval college."

The November attack was part of an ongoing campaign by Chinese hackers to penetrate government computers. In a December 2006 Chinese military white paper, the communist Beijing regime revealed that its goal is to be "capable of winning informationized wars by the mid-21st century."