US: attack from within China can be traced back to government

Attacks from China on computer systems worldwide are carried out, are likely to be directly traceable to the Chinese government and the Chinese army. That writes the Pentagon, the American ministry of defence, in a report.

There were, in 2012, several attacks from China on ‘computer systems worldwide, including systems of the American government,” writes the Pentagon. It seems that the attacks directly to the Chinese government and the Chinese army are to be reduced’. Until now, China has always denied that the digital attacks, run.

According to the Pentagon, China with the attacks under knowledge of the American defensienetwerken. In addition, it would be China with the technological information that it collects, the Chinese defence industry would benefit. The Pentagon claims that China has with the ‘digital warfare’ the technological lead of the United States wants to terminate.

Incidentally, is the United States itself is also regularly accused of digital warfare. The country is suspected of cyber attacks to have performed on Iranian nuclear facilities, the alleged nuclear programme of that country to slow down. The United States have allegations of such activities, always with the same certainty denied as China.