[47070] in North American Network Operators' Group
CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Goldstein)
Thu Apr 25 08:41:07 2002
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I have no idea how real the implied threat may be. Just passing this
along. --SG
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Defense: Analysts fear government and private efforts to sabotage federal
Internet sites.
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Times Staff Writer
April 25 2002
WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence officials believe the Chinese military is
working to launch wide-scale cyber-attacks on American and Taiwanese
computer networks, including Internet-linked military systems considered
vulnerable to sabotage, according to a classified CIA report.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/la-042502china.story
