Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
China military admits cyberwarfare unit exists - Technology & science - Security - msnbc.com
China military admits cyberwarfare unit exists - Technology & science - Security - msnbc.com
China military admits cyberwarfare unit exists
The government says it exists to protect Chinese networks from attacks
5/26/2011
The Chinese military has established a cyberwarfare unit to protect Chinese networks from
external attacks, a military spokesperson admitted in a news conference Wednesday.
The elite cyberwarfare unit of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is called the "Online Blue Army," the
People's Daily Online reported. It is tasked with enhancing Chinese troops' military training and network
security, Ministry of National Defense spokesman Senior Colonel Geng Yansheng said.
"Currently, China's network protection is comparatively weak," Geng said. "Enhancing the informationization level and strengthening network security protection are important components of military training for an army."
China's suspected participation in recent high-profile cyberattacks against, among others, Google, Morgan Stanley and DuPont, however, have security experts doubting the intentions of the PLA's "Blue Army."
George Smith, senior fellow at GlobalSecurity.org, told SecurityNewsDaily the creation of the
elite military unit "offers a resource" for more Chinese-borne cyberattacks. Establishing a
cyberwarfare military unit, Smith added, "provides a piece of convenient rationalization" for other
nations to create similar teams.
Although yesterday's announcement was the first official acknowledgement of the unit, the PLA
Daily revealed that a military "Internet operation team" had conducted exercises in China's Guangzhou
Military Region in late April, Focus Taiwan reported.
During these drills, the teams "launched multiple attacks on imaginary enemies by releasing huge
amounts of useless documents and viruses to try to paralyze the enemies' computer systems and to
steal information from them," according to Focus Taiwan.
China military admits cyberwarfare unit exists
The government says it exists to protect Chinese networks from attacks
5/26/2011
The Chinese military has established a cyberwarfare unit to protect Chinese networks from
external attacks, a military spokesperson admitted in a news conference Wednesday.
The elite cyberwarfare unit of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is called the "Online Blue Army," the
People's Daily Online reported. It is tasked with enhancing Chinese troops' military training and network
security, Ministry of National Defense spokesman Senior Colonel Geng Yansheng said.
"Currently, China's network protection is comparatively weak," Geng said. "Enhancing the informationization level and strengthening network security protection are important components of military training for an army."
China's suspected participation in recent high-profile cyberattacks against, among others, Google, Morgan Stanley and DuPont, however, have security experts doubting the intentions of the PLA's "Blue Army."
George Smith, senior fellow at GlobalSecurity.org, told SecurityNewsDaily the creation of the
elite military unit "offers a resource" for more Chinese-borne cyberattacks. Establishing a
cyberwarfare military unit, Smith added, "provides a piece of convenient rationalization" for other
nations to create similar teams.
Although yesterday's announcement was the first official acknowledgement of the unit, the PLA
Daily revealed that a military "Internet operation team" had conducted exercises in China's Guangzhou
Military Region in late April, Focus Taiwan reported.
During these drills, the teams "launched multiple attacks on imaginary enemies by releasing huge
amounts of useless documents and viruses to try to paralyze the enemies' computer systems and to
steal information from them," according to Focus Taiwan.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
AP IMPACT: China's spying seeks secret US info - San Jose Mercury News
AP IMPACT: China's spying seeks secret US info - San Jose Mercury News
China recruits midwesterner to spy.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Friday, November 26, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
US student of Mandarin guilty of spy conspiracy - Taipei Times
US student of Mandarin guilty of spy conspiracy - Taipei Times
Taipei's News' take on the Glenn Duffie Shriver case.
Taipei's News' take on the Glenn Duffie Shriver case.
Friday, June 25, 2010
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