Chinese Hack Attacks on DoD Networks Coordinated

An anonymous reader writes " The Naval Network Warfare Command says that Chinese hackers are relentlessly targeting Defense Department networks with cyber attacks. The 'volume, proficiency and sophistication' of the attacks supports the theory that the attacks are government supported. The motives of the attacks emanating from China include technology theft, intelligence gathering, exfiltration, research on DOD operations and the creation of dormant presences in DOD network for future action. Onlookers warn that current US defenses against these attacks are 'dysfunctional', and that more aggressive measures should be taken to ensure government network safety."

Comments

Re:Attacks? We know what to do

[YrWrstNtmr]

Or perhaps DoD should have secondary network physically separated from internet, where workstations with important data are kept. We do. I'll not go into any specifics, but yeah, we do.

Re:Idiots

[Tablizer]

I did not claim that we have *no* protectionism and no barriers in the US. I am only saying that *compared* to other countries, we are far more open.