Indictment of PLA hackers is part of broad U.S. strategy to curb Chinese cyberspying
By Ellen Nakashima, WashPost, Published: May 22
Two years ago, a senior official from the State Department and one from the Pentagon held an extraordinary four-hour meeting with their counterparts in Beijing.
For the first time, the U.S. government confronted the Chinese government with proof that American companies were being hacked by the People’s Liberation Army to benefit Chinese firms.
The officials presented extensive case studies of three companies in defense and other industries whose computers had been penetrated by the PLA, with details about what data was stolen, when and how.
The reaction? “Shellshocked,” said one former official briefed on the meeting. “They said something like, ‘This is outrageous!’ ” a second former official said. “ ‘You’re here and you accuse us of such a thing? We don’t do this.’ ”
(More here.)
Two years ago, a senior official from the State Department and one from the Pentagon held an extraordinary four-hour meeting with their counterparts in Beijing.
For the first time, the U.S. government confronted the Chinese government with proof that American companies were being hacked by the People’s Liberation Army to benefit Chinese firms.
The officials presented extensive case studies of three companies in defense and other industries whose computers had been penetrated by the PLA, with details about what data was stolen, when and how.
The reaction? “Shellshocked,” said one former official briefed on the meeting. “They said something like, ‘This is outrageous!’ ” a second former official said. “ ‘You’re here and you accuse us of such a thing? We don’t do this.’ ”
(More here.)
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