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Pentagon hacked, Chinese Army suspected: report

arstechnica.com — US military sources believe that the People's Liberation Army was behind a so-called "cyberattack" on Pentagon computer systems this summer, it has been revealed. No major compromises were reported, but some systems were taken offline.

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  • syxle, on 10/10/2007, -7/+8More ***** to make people want to attack China.
    • kooft, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Well, let's assume for a second that it actually was China's People's Liberation Army that perpetrated the attack, does that mean the US will launch an all out blitz on China? I mean, we can't stand idly by while those that hate us for our freedom are allowed to attack can we? Oh, we can? My mistake.
    • fuzzmeister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The US is not going to attack China, and no one is trying to make us do it. Attacking China, which has a full nuclear arsenal and the largest army in the world, would be a world-ending event. It just isn't going to happen.
      • banthis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Basicly, if China is attack by US, we will get raped.
    • lebaige, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Seriously, what the ***** are you talking about? NOBODY is trying to make us attack China. The United States and China are as close diplomatically as we've been in many many years.

      The PLA has had a high profile cybe warfare division for years now. This sort of stuff happens. The United States also has a fledgling cyber warfare unit which falls under the Air Force, and likely probes various defense systems around the world in return.
  • Andy.D, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Who want to attack China? I don't think anyone wants to attack China. Check under "I" for Iran.
    • jerryparid, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Replace China with Iran in the article; Operation Persian Liberation starts.
    • Wacer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I agree. I don' think the Chinese have done anything to make anyone want to go to war with them. I know the Chinese government does bad things but another war over this is Not believable.
    • tonaros, on 11/14/2007, -0/+3America is like a big, drunk football player. We want to fight everyone.
  • LastExile, on 10/10/2007, -5/+22Pentagon Convo ( Declassified )
    [18:14] EchoDelta: i swear we are running the latest version of Norton anti virus
    [18:14] NovaBeta: Is that the suite with the added Firewall to go on top of the Windows Firewall ?
    [18:14] EchoDelta: um no ..wait whats a firewall ?
  • sockpuppets, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3My God. The goldfarmers have stolen 'The Hungering Cold.' We're doomed.
  • futureteg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0wasn't this how Transformers began? RUN FOR YOUR LIVES
  • Speedy7, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Double Post Plz Bury
  • Speedy7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Oh yeah, wasnt Homer Simpson working at that place when it happened?
  • LeeNyanko, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1It's Transformers all over again.
  • Ademuth, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Whats up with the double posts. This was on the frontpage like an hour ago. It's only one page back.
    http://digg.com/security/Chinese_Military_Hacks_the_Pentagon

    And why do almost all of arstechnica.com's articles end up on the front page?
  • Wacer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I wonder if the United States would condone hacking back at them?
  • ageedoy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3If only Jack Bauer had left the Chinese consulate alone.
  • JimDanger, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1China hacks the US all the time, and vice versa. You just don't hear about it as often as it occurs.
  • Surefoot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Hacking the Pentagon is SO 1980s..
  • 5xSTUN, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"People's Liberation Army" has got to be in the running for Most Ironically Named Organization.
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