CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.

[Steve Goldstein <sgoldste () nsf gov>]

I have no idea how real the implied threat may be.  Just passing this 
along.  --SG
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Defense: Analysts fear government and private efforts to sabotage federal
Internet sites.

By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Times Staff Writer

April 25 2002

WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence officials believe the Chinese military is
working to launch wide-scale cyber-attacks on American and Taiwanese
computer networks, including Internet-linked military systems considered
vulnerable to sabotage, according to a classified CIA report.

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http://www.latimes.com/la-042502china.story