Chinese hackers successfully attacked military contractors for 12 months: Senate probe

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/17/chinese-hackers-successfully-attacked-military-con/

By Douglas Ernst
The Washington Times
September 17, 2014

A yearlong investigation into cyberattacks on U.S. military contractors 
for U.S. Transportation Command found that 50 such incidents occurred over 
the 12 months beginning June 1, 2012.

“These peacetime intrusions into the networks of key defense contractors 
are more evidence of China’s aggressive actions in cyberspace,” Sen. Carl 
Levin, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman from Michigan, said in 
a statement released with the report on Wednesday.

The committee’s report found that at least 20 of the attacks were 
successful in achieving China’s objective, and of those 20, Transcom 
initially only caught two, Reuters reported Wednesday.

U.S. military personnel were said to be mostly in the dark about the 
security breaches due to gaps in reporting requirements of its 
contractors, the report concluded, Reuters reported.

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