The New York Times
Sat, December 04, 2010 -- 12:15 PM ET
-----
Cables Discuss Vast Hacking by a China That Fears the Web
Cables from American diplomats made public by WikiLeaks
portray Chinaâ??s leadership as nearly obsessed with the
threat posed by the Internet to their grip on power â?? and,
the reverse, by the opportunities it offered them, through
hacking, to obtain secrets stored in computers of its rivals,
especially the United States.
Extensive Chinese hacking operations, including one leveled
at Google, are a central theme in the cables. The hacking
operations began earlier and were aimed at a wider array of
American government and military data than generally known,
including attacks on computers of American diplomats
preparing positions on a climate change treaty.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/world/asia/05wikileaks-china.html?emc=na
About This E-Mail
You received this message because you are signed up to receive breaking news
alerts from NYTimes.com.
To unsubscribe, change your e-mail address or to sign up for daily headlines
or other newsletters, go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/email
NYTimes.com
620 Eighth Ave.
New York, NY 10018
Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company
No comments:
Post a Comment