US officials have revealed that hackers were able to breach Joint Strike Fighter program and steal sensitive top secret information. The stolen information could be used by foreign powers in order to better defend against the F-35. The cyberattack is suspected of originating from China, but Chinese officials deny the accusations.
The past several years has seen a broad and systematic attack on the US cyber infrastructure, especially from the Chinese. Recently it was revealed that hackers from China and other nations have penetrated the US electrical grid and left software that can disrupt the system. Also, just last week it was reported that Chinese counterfeit chips were installed in US military aircraft. Yahoo! Tech
Computer spies have repeatedly breached the Pentagon's costliest weapons program, the $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
The newspaper quoted current and former government officials familiar with the matter as saying the intruders were able to copy and siphon data related to design and electronics systems, making it potentially easier to defend against the plane.[...]
The identity of the attackers and the amount of damage to the project could not be established, the paper said.
The Journal quoted former U.S. officials as saying the attacks seemed to have originated in China, although it noted it was difficult to determine the origin because of the ease of hiding identities online.
2 comments:
Man the U.S. Government Better pull it's head out it's ass right quick !
We can not let these Jackass's infiltrate our military or anything else through their Cyberwar !
Perhaps it is time to recruit some of America's hackers as our own cyber-spy corps. Certainly with a little CIA training on what to look for, American hackers can do some serious infiltration into Communist China. We still have a technological advantage over China yet that is decreasing everyday. China is on the verge to becoming a hyper-power as a very serious challenge to the USA. It is reminiscent of 1930's Japan.
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