http://www.wsj.com/articles/report-warns-of-chinese-hacking-1445227440
By DANNY YADRON
The Wall Street Journal
Oct. 19, 2015
A U.S. cybersecurity company says it has evidence hackers linked to the
Chinese government may have tried to violate a recent agreement between
Washington and Beijing not to hack private firms in each other’s country
for economic gain.
The firm, CrowdStrike Inc., plans to announce Monday that unnamed
customers in the technology and pharmaceutical industries have faced
attempted—though unsuccessful—intrusions from China-linked hackers. Two
incidents took place the day before and the day after President Barack
Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sept. 25 they reached an
“understanding” not to use cyberspies to commit economic espionage against
each other, according to CrowdStrike.
The Chinese embassy in Washington didn’t immediately respond to a request
for comment.
“We are aware of this report. We’ll decline comment on its specific
conclusions,” said a senior Obama administration official. “We have and
will continue to directly raise our concerns regarding cybersecurity with
the Chinese.”
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