DTC – China and U.S. cyber war
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In 2005, the Pentagon logged more than 79,000 attempted intrusions into their network. About 1,300 were successful, including the penetration of computers linked to the Army’s 101st and 82nd airborne Divisions and the 4th Infantry Division. In August and September that year, Chinese hackers penetrated US State Department computers in several parts of the world. Hundreds of computers had to be replaced or taken offline for months. Jim Melnick, a retired Pentagon computer network analyst, told Time magazine that the Chinese military holds hacking competitions to identify and recruit talented members for its cyber army.
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