How China has cyber-stumped the US and why Israel could be next

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http://www.jpost.com/International/Rule-of-Law-How-China-has-cyber-stumped-the-US-and-why-Israel-could-be-next-412100

By YONAH JEREMY BOB
Jerusalem Post
08/14/2015

Each revelation is more shocking than the previous one.

This week a US intelligence official leaked to NBC News that China has 
been successfully hacking top US government officials’ email accounts 
since 2010 in a cyber campaign known as “Dancing Panda.”

Just over a week ago, a stunning map was revealed showing 600 successful 
Chinese cyber attacks against US targets traced by the US National 
Security Agency in recent years.

Over a month ago, 20 million Americans’ personal information, mostly that 
of government employees, was hacked from the US’s Office of Personnel 
Management.

Roughly speaking, in response so far the US has done nothing.

Why has there been no response, other than recent periodic revelations 
from US officials about how bad China is battering them in the 
cybersphere? And how could all of this trickle down to Israel next? First, 
back to the US.

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