America: China Is Constantly Hacking Us—China: No We’re Not
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:29 pm
GizMondo
The picture for this article is perfect: Mouse and cat game indeed.The US has found itself in an Oh shit no you didn't internet espionage moment, blaming China and Russia for billions of dollars in online theft, the Washington Post reports. Their response? Wasn't us! It's like a geopolitical high school prom scandal.
The setup is simple: a new government report on international hacking—Foreign Spies Stealing U.S. Economic Secrets in Cyberspace—boldly fingers China and Russia, who in all honestly probably are responsible for most of America's pilfered data. They're easily the two most sophisticated (to say nothing of largest) entities in online assaults. The targets are diverse—US government agencies, corporations, and universities, all of which sit on giant golden eggs of trade secrets and other intellectual property.
The Russians declined to even respond to the accusation. China, however, is pissed, Reuters reports: "Identifying the attackers without carrying out a comprehensive investigation and making inferences about the attackers is both unprofessional and irresponsible," says Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei. Hm, a comprehensive investigation such as "Foreign Spies Stealing U.S. Economic Secrets in Cyberspace," which was produced by 14 American spy agencies?