China’s Hackers to Target U.S. Entertainment Industry, Security Firm Warns

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http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/chinas-hackers-to-target-u-s-entertainment-industry-security-firm-warns-1201131720/

David S. Cohen
Senior Editor, Features
Variety.com
March 13, 2014

A new report from cybersecurity firm FireEye warns that the U.S. film and 
entertainment industries could come under cyberattack from Chinese hackers 
intent on undermining companies’ content, technology and internal 
communications.

“China’s Soft Power Strategy and Cyber Intrusions: What Hollywood Should 
Know,” due to be officially published next week, posits that Chinese 
authorities see U.S. domination of filmed entertainment as a strategic 
advantage for America, and want that advantage for China.

“We judge that links between China’s soft power strategy (in this case, 
their cultural means of influence) and its designation of ‘creative 
industries’ as strategic, provides the motivation for groups to commit 
cyber espionage,” says the report.

Of course, FireEye sells threat protection and stands to gain financially 
if the entertainment industry invests in cyber-security.

But cybersecurity expert Hemanshu Nigam, founder of SSP Blue, says China’s 
cyber threat to the entertainment industry is already well known. “When 
your’e doing business with a country or company that has very different 
beliefs than the American value system, there’s always a chance this kind 
of thing can happen,” Nigam told Variety.

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