CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.

Thu Apr 25 14:16:21 UTC 2002

Someone in the CIA is looking for funding...

Just my 2¢.

-Al

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Goldstein [mailto:sgoldste at nsf.gov]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 5:40 AM
To: nanog at merit.edu
Subject: CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.

I have no idea how real the implied threat may be.  Just passing this 
along.  --SG
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Defense: Analysts fear government and private efforts to sabotage federal
Internet sites.

By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Times Staff Writer

April 25 2002

WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence officials believe the Chinese military is
working to launch wide-scale cyber-attacks on American and Taiwanese
computer networks, including Internet-linked military systems considered
vulnerable to sabotage, according to a classified CIA report.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/la-042502china.story