China joins Russia as worldwide cyberthreat
If you’re not frightened by the Chinese economic juggernaut, this may give you pause: China has been developing sophisticated tools for international cyberwarfare, starting as far back as 2000.
The U.S. Department of Defense recently reported that the Chinese military "has established information warfare units to develop viruses to attack enemy computer systems and networks," according to the IDG News Service.
The Department of Defense also said that since at least 2000, "China has the capability to penetrate poorly protected U.S. computer systems and potentially could use CNA [computer network attacks] to attack specific U.S. civilian and military infrastructures."
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