Cyber attacks on McCain and Obama teams 'came from China'

I know this kind of stuff goes on all the time , But what it amounts to is spying! and from the sounds of things maybe our Government is a little clueless ,or they are playing the "were not gonna tell you Game" Either way what are you going to do ?

FT.com
US government cyber experts suspect that an attack on the Obama and McCain campaign computer networks this summer originated from China, according to a US official.

Earlier this summer, the Secret Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Barack Obama's and John McCain's campaign teams that their computer networks had been compromised by foreign hackers.

The cyber attackers successfully downloaded large quantities of information from the campaign networks, which security agencies believed was an attempt to learn more about the contenders' policy positions.

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The official said investigators had determined that the attacks originated from China, but cautioned that they had not ascertained whether they were government-sponsored, or just unaffiliated hackers.

Details of the incident were first revealed by a Newsweek, which reported that FBI and Secret Service agents informed the Obama team of the cyber attack this summer. The report said technical experts on the Obama team had speculated that the attacks came from China or Russia.

One person familiar with the incident said the Secret Service alerted the campaigns after the security breaches were detected by a government team tasked with detecting cyber attacks. The campaigns hired private cyber security companies to address the breaches.

Newsweek said the problem prompted Josh Bolten, White House chief of staff, to call David Plouffe, Mr Obama's campaign manager, and say: "You have a real problem . . . you have to deal with it."

Dana Perino, White House press secretary, declined to comment.

Richard Kolko, FBI spokesman, and the Secret Service declined to comment. The McCain campaign team did not comment, while the Obama campaign did not respond to calls and e-mails.

The Bush administration has ramped up cyber security over the past year as networks across the government increasingly come under cyber attack.

The Chinese military last year hacked into the Pentagon system serving Robert Gates, the defence secretary, stealing information from an unclassified network in the most serious breach of the military's computer network.