Hackers associated with the Chinese government have tried to hack at least seven U.S. companies in the three weeks since Washington and Beijing agreed not to spy on each other for commercial reasons, according to a prominent U.S. security firm.
CrowdStrike Inc said software it placed at five U.S. technology and two pharmaceutical companies had detected and rebuffed the attacks, which began on Sept. 26.
On Sept. 25, President Barack Obama said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that neither government would knowingly support cyber theft of corporate secrets to support domestic businesses. The agreement stopped short of restricting spying to obtain government secrets, including those held by private contractors.
CrowdStrike Co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch said in an interview that he believed the hackers who attacked the seven companies were affiliated with the Chinese government based in part on the servers and software they used.
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If every hack attempt was met with swift trade sanctions involving the industry the attack was directed toward, the attacks would soon decrease.
ReplyDelete9:34 - if our POSOTUS had any credibility - or left any to our country, they would not even try.
ReplyDeleteRemember when Jimmy Carter during the Iran Hostage Crisis? As soon as President Reagan took office, their tune changed and the hostages were released.
Aaaah, the good old days!
Even the Democrat named Webb would be better than what we have now!