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By Julian E. Barnes
The Wall Street Journal
May 6, 2013
WASHINGTON - The Chinese government has targeted U.S. government
computer systems for intrusion, the Pentagon said Monday in a more
direct accusation of cyberespionage than the U.S. has made in the past.
While American officials have long charged that China is a top
perpetrator of cyberespionage, a new Pentagon report goes a step
further, blaming some cyberintrusions directly on the government and its
military.
The report also outlined Chinese investments in new Navy ships, advanced
fighter planes and so-called anti-access military systems—those aimed at
keeping ships and other forces out of an area. The report said China's
cyberespionage was designed to benefit China's defense and technology
industry and to gain insight into U.S. policy makers' thinking on China.
"China is using its computer network exploitation capability to support
intelligence collection against the U.S. diplomatic, economic, and
defense industrial base sectors that support U.S. national defense
programs," according to the report, an annual assessment prepared at the
direction of Congress.
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