Lawmakers say Capitol computers hacked by Chinese

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080612/ap_on_go_co/china_hacking

WASHINGTON - Multiple congressional computers have been hacked by people
working from inside China, lawmakers said Wednesday, suggesting the Chinese
were seeking lists of dissidents. 

Two congressmen, both longtime critics of Beijing's record on human rights,
said the compromised computers contained information about political
dissidents from around the world. One of the lawmakers said he'd been
discouraged from disclosing the computer attacks by other U.S. officials.

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., said four of his computers were compromised
beginning in 2006. New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith, a senior Republican on the
House Foreign Affairs Committee, said two of the computers at his global
human rights subcommittee were attacked in December 2006 and March 2007.

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