U.S. security firm alleges massive Chinese hacking
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Cyberattacks that stole massive amounts of information from military contractors, energy companies and other key industries in the United States and elsewhere have been traced to a Chinese military unit, a U.S. security firm alleged Feb. 19. China dismissed the report as "groundless."
China has frequently been accused of hacking, but the report by Virginia-based Mandiant Corp. contains some of the most extensive and detailed accusations to date linking China's military to a wave of cyberspying against U.S. and other foreign companies and government agencies.
Mandiant said it traced the hacking back to a neighborhood in the outskirts of Shanghai that includes a drab, white 12-story office building run by "Unit 61398" of the People's Liberation Army.
The unit "has systematically stolen hundreds of terabytes of data from at least 141 organizations," Mandiant wrote.
It added that the unit has been in operation since at least 2006. (AP)
ハッカー攻撃に中国軍関与と米会社が報告書
米情報セキュリティー企業のマンディアントは2月19日、米政府機関や企業などから情報を盗み出したハッカー攻撃に中国人民解放軍がかかわっているとする報告書を出した。
Shukan ST: MARCH 1, 2013
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