According to the American press, Chinese hackers have managed to break into the computer systems of the Pentagon. They had access to sensitive information about future military weapons.
Chinese hackers may have had access to plans of more than 24 American advanced weapons systems, including a missile defense system, aircraft and warships. Weapons systems were mentioned in a report previously undisclosed and written by the Defense Science Board (DSB) to the attention of government, defense industry and Pentagon officials, as indicated The Washington Post Monday. The paper said that the committee of experts advising the U.S. Department of Defense on technical and scientific issues.
"This is not the
first time that the Department of Defense and its preferred suppliers are
robbed plans defense systems. These flights are huge amounts of information,
decades of research and experience. They allow our opponents to get an overview
on the technical operation and use of these weapons systems, "said in
January the Committee of Experts during the publication of the findings of a
18-month study on the resilience against advanced military systems in a public
version of the report cyber threats.
According to the Washington Post, who had access to a confidential part of the report, among the plans that hackers were able to access include missile defense systems, including the system of Patriot PAC-3 Missile, the Terminal High Altitude Area System Defense (THAAD) and Aegis missile defense system beyond Marineaméricaine. The report also mentions plans for systems on the aircraft F/A-18 combat, the F-35 multi-role fighter, the apparatus of hybrid transportation V-22 Osprey, the Black Hawk helicopter and the Littoral Combat Ship program ( LCS) for the development of a class stealth frigates modular light for combat in coastal areas on behalf of the U.S. Navy.
China fingered and cyber-response fragmented
The Defense Science Board did not specify when and where took place the data theft, or who was responsible. However, according to the Washington Post, citing anonymously military and senior industry knowledgeable about these issues data theft defense, most of these intrusions are the result of Chinese cyber espionage against the companies in the U.S. defense industry. Since last year, U.S. officials do not hesitate to aim directementla China, accusing it of carrying out cyber attacks against U.S. companies and government agencies to steal intellectual property and other sensitive information.
In a report published this month, the Pentagon acknowledged that last year "numerous computer systems around the world, including systems belonging to the U.S. government, continued to be the target of intrusions, some of which seem directly attributable to the government and the Chinese military. "
On several occasions, the Chinese government has denied involvement in the actions of cyber espionage and denied the accusations, calling them "baseless". In the public version of its report, the Defense Science Board calls the cyber threat seriously, believing that in some ways, the effect is comparable to the nuclear threat during the Cold War. Beyond the U.S. Defense Department has taken a number of measures to fight against this threat. But according to the Defense Science Board, they are too fragmented, so that the Committee of Experts considers that it is not yet ready to defend itself against these threats. "It will take several years for the Department finds that an effective response to the cyber threat, both in terms of deterrence, assurance engagement that offensive cyber capabilities."
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