Před několika lety se čínští hackeři, nejspíše napojení na vládu, respektive armádu, „nabourali“ do serverů Googlu. Získali přístup k nějakým datům, nicméně jejich citlivost a množství bylo bagatelizováno. Nyní se objevují informace o tom, že to tak nevinné nebylo a že Číňané získali velké množství informací o cílech, které Američané sledovali. Google v roce 2010 útok oznámil, nicméně nic neřekl o rozsahu útoku a potenciálním ohrožením.
Last month, a senior Microsoft official suggested that Chinese hackers had targeted the company’s servers about the same time that Google’s system was compromised. The official said Microsoft concluded that whoever was behind the breach was seeking to identify accounts that had been tagged for surveillance by U.S. national security and law enforcement agencies.
“What we found was the attackers were actually looking for the accounts that we had lawful wiretap orders on,” David W. Aucsmith, senior director of Microsoft’s Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments, said at a conference near Washington, according to a recording of his remarks.
Jak se zdá, čínská Jednotka 61398, která má krádež dat na svědomí je zpátky a v plné síle. Aktivity skupiny hackerů sídlících v dvanáctipatrové budově v Šanghaji odhalila bezpečnostní firma Mandiant přibližně v polovině února, kdy došlo k útoku na 141 firem.
Unit 61398 employs roughly 1,000 people, according to the Mandiant report, and is alleged to have stolen technology blueprints, proprietary manufacturing processes, test results and business plans. The report also says the group’s activities are likely government sponsored.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry denounced these claims as „groundless,“ and the Defense Ministry denied any connection with the unit.
An expert in cyber attacks told U.S. News in February that the extent of the attacks is likely diluted because of its secretive classification.
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