http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/17/chinese-hackers-successfully-attacked-military-con/
By Douglas Ernst
The Washington Times
September 17, 2014
A yearlong investigation into cyberattacks on U.S. military contractors
for U.S. Transportation Command found that 50 such incidents occurred over
the 12 months beginning June 1, 2012.
“These peacetime intrusions into the networks of key defense contractors
are more evidence of China’s aggressive actions in cyberspace,” Sen. Carl
Levin, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman from Michigan, said in
a statement released with the report on Wednesday.
The committee’s report found that at least 20 of the attacks were
successful in achieving China’s objective, and of those 20, Transcom
initially only caught two, Reuters reported Wednesday.
U.S. military personnel were said to be mostly in the dark about the
security breaches due to gaps in reporting requirements of its
contractors, the report concluded, Reuters reported.
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