A veritable wave of Chinese hacking news goin' on.
2 Representatives have come forward to say that their Capitol Hill computers had been hacked by sources in China.
US Commerce dept laptop copied by Chinese.
The government is warning visitors to the Olympics in China that their computers, PDAs, and cellphones will be hacked and/or implanted with software/hardware bugs to access US networks.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Techn...ory?id=50458552 Lawmakers Say Computers Hacked by Chinese
Congressmen: Sources in China apparently hacked congressional computers
By PETE YOST and LARA JAKES JORDAN Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON June 11, 2008 (AP)
Two longtime House members say computers in their Capitol Hill offices have been hacked by sources apparently working out of China.
Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf says four of his computers were hacked. New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith says two of his computers were compromised.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...,7220855.storyCommerce laptop possibly copied on visit to China
By Ted Bridis | The Associated Press
11:50 PM CDT, May 29, 2008
WASHINGTON — U.S. authorities are investigating whether Chinese officials secretly copied the contents of a U.S. government laptop computer during a visit to China by Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and used the information to try to hack into Commerce computers, officials and industry experts told The Associated Press.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/co...ympicspy_N.htmOlympic visitors' data is at risk
By Peter Eisler, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — National security agencies are warning businesses and federal officials that laptops and e-mail devices taken to the Beijing Olympics are likely to be penetrated by Chinese agents aiming to steal secrets or plant bugs to infiltrate U.S. computer networks.
Chinese government and industry use electronic espionage to "easily access official and personal computers," says one recent report by the Overseas Security Advisory Council, a federally chartered panel comprising security experts from corporations and the State, Commerce and Treasury departments.
Equipment left unsupervised for just minutes in a hotel or even during a security screening can be hacked, mined and bugged, adds Larry Wortzel, who chairs the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a federal panel that monitors China-related security issues for Congress.
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