Posted on 12/08/2007 5:31:17 PM PST by Aristotelian
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 — A cyber attack reported last week by one of the federal government’s nuclear weapons laboratories may have originated in China, according to a confidential memorandum distributed Wednesday to public and private security officials by the Department of Homeland Security.
Security researchers said the memorandum, which was obtained by The New York Times from an executive at a private company, included a list of Web and Internet addresses that were linked to locations in China. However, they noted that such links did not prove that the Chinese government or Chinese citizens were involved in the attacks. In the past, intruders have compromised computers in China and then used them to disguise their true location.
Officials at the lab, Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, said the attacks did not compromise classified information, though they acknowledged that they were still working to understand the full extent of the intrusion.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Leading British firms and government agencies have been warned Chinese state organisations may be spying on them.
UK intelligence network MI5 has contacted 300 chief executives and security experts at banks and financial institutions to raise the concerns.
Small change compared to what happened during the Clinton Administration.
Another example of the high level of integrity found in the Chinese culture.
ping
Have you ever read Steve Gibson’s DRDOS? After reading it, you’ll know why he has never been attacked since. :)
Here’s a lazy link...http://www.grc.com/dos/drdos.htm
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