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U.S. Commerce Department Hacked Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the uncomfortable-it-people dept.

evil agent writes "The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), a branch of the Commerce Department, has sustained several successful attacks. Chinese hackers were able to gain access to its computers and install rootkits and other malware." From the article: "This is the second major attack originating in China that's been acknowledged by the federal government since July. Then, the State Department said that Chinese attackers had broken into its systems overseas and in Washington. And last year, Britain's National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Center (NISCC) claimed that Chinese hackers had attacked more than 300 government agencies and private companies in the U.K."

3 of 164 comments (clear)

  1. Chinese Hackers? by IlliniECE · · Score: 5, Funny

    Chinese hackers installing root kits? Are you sure they weren't Japanese (aka Sony)?

  2. Meanwhile, at a government workstation... by CompMD · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hm...so this here purple panda bear says he wants to be my buddy and help me out on the intarweb. Sounds good to me! (click) Gosh I wonder why my workstation is so slow, almost as if its sending all its files to ch!@$!$JGOJ!THIS POST 0WNZ0R3D BY CHINESE HAXORS

  3. Nothing real will happen by frinkster · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Chinese have been trying for years to lose that pesky Most-Favored-Nation status, and this administration is not going to give in.