Cybersecurity
Chinese ‘Patriotic Hackers’ Hit Google, U.S. Sites, NYT Reports
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“Patriotic hackers” backed by Chinese authorities conducted extensive computer hacking on U.S. government agencies and companies, including computer networks of Google Inc., according to a report published by the New York Times.
An examination of 250,000 diplomatic cables made public by WikiLeaks.org by the U.S. newspaper showed that high-level Chinese civilian and military officials assisted successful hacking attacks aimed at retrieving a wide range of U.S. government and military information.