Chinese Hackers Infiltrate U.S. Military Contractors

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Source: Bloomberg

By Chris Strohm and Tony Capaccio Sep 17, 2014 10:30 AM ET

Chinese-backed hackers infiltrated the computer networks of airline, shipping and information technology companies responsible for transporting personnel and weapons for the U.S. military, a Senate investigation found.

There were 20 such breaches between June 2012 and May 2013, giving the hackers insight into military logistics and a foothold that could be used to disrupt operations, according to a report today by the Senate Armed Services Committee.

While public attention has focused on the hacking of companies like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Home Depot Inc., the U.S. Defense Department confronts persistent digital incursions aimed at stealing military secrets and potentially disrupting vital computer networks. Private airlines provide more than 90 percent of Defense Department personnel movement and more than one-third of bulk cargo capability, according to the report.

“Peacetime cyber compromises of the networks of operationally critical contractors could prove valuable to foreign governments as a source of intelligence about network operations or to establish a foothold in contractor networks, either of which could be exploited in a contingency,” the committee said.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-17/chinese-hackers-infiltrate-u-s-military-contractors.html

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1. Are they trying to mess up the U.S. weapons sales? But that's what we live for.

Weapons to make war to make rich people richer.

If they screw up our wars, then, heaven forbid, we're doomed to----Peace!