Alla fine è accaduto quello che molti temevano da tempo, gli hacker cinesi sono riusciti a violare la rete del Pentagono.
Il fatto risale al giugno scorso, ma ne è stata data notizia solo ieri:
The Pentagon acknowledged shutting down part of a computer system serving the office of Robert Gates, defence secretary, but declined to say who it believed was behind the attack.
Current and former officials have told the Financial Times an internal investigation has revealed that the incursion came from the People’s Liberation Army.
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“The PLA has demonstrated the ability to conduct attacks that disable our system...and the ability in a conflict situation to re-enter and disrupt on a very large scale,” said a former official, who said the PLA had penetrated the networks of US defence companies and think-tanks.
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