The New York Times has accused China of hacking into
multiple documents including the e-mails of their journalists. It
was speculated that this "hack" was in regards to finding who
these particular journalists were using as sources. When the
spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministries, Hong Lei, was asked about the
allegations, he replied, "According to investigative results, which had no
proof...that China was a part of these attacks...that was a
totally irresponsible conclusion. China is a victim of online
attacks." He continues to explain how China's laws clearly banned online
attacks.
When talking to
the chief information officer of The
New York Times about the
supposed attacks, he said something that I thought was very interesting. For
instance, he said, "This was not a cyber attack, this was
cyber espionage." The reason this caught my attention was because the
title of the article was, "A Cyber Attack from China." If this wasn't
a cyber attack then we shouldn't be insinuating that it was. What China
did was spy to gain further knowledge on specific sources. This doesn't make it
right; however, let's not make it worse.
Overall, this
article has shown that cyber security is currently an issue and is
going to continue to be a real issue in the near future. The U.S. is going to
have to dedicate resources to ensure that we are
being sufficiently protected from future cyber attacks, which not
only compromise our security but also compromise individual privacy and
corporate privacy of our citizens.
http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/01/31/technology/100000002035844/a-cyberattack-from-china.html?ref=world
Melanie Maldonado
2/1/2013
4:52 pm
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