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Article: China emerges as leader in cyberwarfare.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 14, 2007
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Byline: Robert Marquand and Ben Arnoldy Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
Paris; and Oakland, Calif. -- When suspected Chinese hackers penetrated the Pentagon this summer, reports downplayed the cyberattack. The hackers hit a secure Pentagon system known as NIPRNet - but it only carries unclassified information and general e-mail, Department of Defense officials said.
Yet a central aim of the Chinese hackers may not have been top secrets, but a probe of the Pentagon network structure itself, some analysts argue. The NIPRNet (Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network) is crucial in the quick deployment of US forces should China attack ...