From: FierceGovernmentIT
By Dibya Sarkar
The Defense Department said some cyber attacks to federal and other global computer systems can be “attributable directly to the Chinese government and military,” in its annual report to Congress.
The wide-ranging report, which covers China’s military and security developments for 2013, said the cyber intrusions focused on “exfiltrating” – essentially stealing – information from U.S. diplomatic, economic and defense sectors.
“The information targeted could potentially be used to benefit China’s defense industry, high-technology industries, policymakers’ interest in U.S. leadership thinking on key China issues, and military planners’ understanding of U.S. defense networks, logistics, and related military capabilities that could be exploited during a crisis,” according to the DoD report.
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