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May 7, 2013

U.S. Directly Accuses China of Hacking Its Computers 
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The Obama administration is directly accusing China of attacking
computer systems belonging to the U.S. government and defense
contractors. Pentagon official David Helvey outlined the findings of a
new Pentagon report.

David Helvey: "China's military continues to explore the roles of
military operations in cyberspace as a feature of modern warfare and
continues to develop doctrine training and exercises which emphasize
information technology and operations. In addition in 2012, numerous
computer systems around the world, including those owned by the United
States government, continued to be targeted for intrusions, some of
which appear to be attributable directly to PRC (People's Republic of
China) government and military organizations."

China has accused the United States of carrying out similar attacks
against its military systems.

 

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