Security News > 2011 > April > Is China winning the cyber war?

http://fcw.com/articles/2011/04/25/buzz-china-cyber-spying.aspx By Michael Hardy FCW.com April 21, 2011 The Cold War took its name from the relative lack of shooting that characterized it. The United States and Soviet Union fought one another politically, diplomatically and economically but rarely with guns or tanks. It was not a hot war. We have a couple of hot wars going on now, but there's another cold war under way, too -- one being fought between the United States and China, primarily using IT. And it looks as though China has the upper hand at the moment. "According to U.S. investigators, China has stolen terabytes of sensitive data, from user names and passwords for State Department computers to designs for multibillion-dollar weapons systems," write Brian Grow and Mark Hosenball in a report for Reuters. "And Chinese hackers show no signs of letting up." [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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