“Pleased to meet you…hope you guessed my name…” – Sophisticated CyberAttack hits US Dept of Energy February 4, 2013
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: AT&T, china, cyber espionage, cybersecurity, cyberwar, department of energy, privacy, The Counter Terrorist
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UPDATE: A new report released shows that Chinese military is involved in CyberAttacks. Read the full story here and download the report.
Foxnews released an article today that outlines a sophisticated cyberattack targetting the US Dept of Energy. Surprisingly, the suspect is China. According to the story, the attack compromised the information of several hundred employees with the expected outcome to be to compromise more information . According to the article:
“It’s a continuing story of negligence,” former Energy Department security official Ed McCallum told the Free Beacon, explaining that the department continues to have security problems despite controlling some of the most “sophisticated military and intelligence technology the country owns.”
He said China, as well as Iran, have been after Energy Department secrets. Several groups and agencies have warned about stepped-up cyber activities out of China.
“China continues to develop its capabilities in the cyber arena,” the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission said in a November 2012 report to Congress. “U.S. industry and a range of government and military targets face repeated exploitation attempts by Chinese hackers as do international organizations and nongovernmental groups including Chinese dissident groups, activists, religious organizations, rights groups, and media institutions.”
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