[47071] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rowland, Alan D)
Thu Apr 25 10:18:49 2002
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From: "Rowland, Alan D" <alan_r1@corp.earthlink.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 07:16:21 -0700
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Someone in the CIA is looking for funding...
Just my 2=A2.
-Al
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Goldstein [mailto:sgoldste@nsf.gov]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 5:40 AM
To: nanog@merit.edu
Subject: CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.
I have no idea how real the implied threat may be. Just passing this=20
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
