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FBI Warns Industry of Chinese Cyber Campaign

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

daten writes The FBI on Wednesday issued a private warning to industry that a group of highly skilled Chinese government hackers was in the midst of a long-running campaign to steal valuable data from U.S. companies and government agencies. "These state-sponsored hackers are exceedingly stealthy and agile by comparison with the People's Liberation Army Unit 61398 ... whose activity was publicly disclosed and attributed by security researchers in February 2013," said the FBI in its alert, which referred to a Chinese military hacker unit exposed in a widely publicized report by the security firm Mandiant.

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  1. Re:It's time to start a trade war. by TheP4st · · Score: 1, Informative

    I should have added this little reality check:
    NSA Has Undercover Operatives in Foreign Companies
    The latest Intercept article on the Snowden documents talks about the NSA's undercover operatives working in foreign companies. There are no specifics, although the countries China, Germany, and South Korea are mentioned.

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    "I have downloaded hundreds and hundreds of records, why would I care if somebody downloads ours?" Robin Pecknold
  2. Re: It's time to start a trade war. by Charliemopps · · Score: 4, Informative

    lol, you modded me down and then replied anon? You truly are a coward aren't you?

    http://www.reuters.com/article...
    Even cowards can use Google.
    We are steeling trade secrets and giving them to corporations friendly to the US government. We're doing exactly the same thing China is doing, just on a much much larger scale.