China, U.S. Vow Cooperation On Cybersecurity

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington and Beijing recognize that all cyber attacks on the United States cannot be attributed to China, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie said during a visit to the Pentagon on Monday.

The visiting minister, speaking to reporters alongside U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, said the two countries would work together to strengthen cyber security.

(Reporting By David Alexander; Writing by Missy Ryan; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Earlier on HuffPost:

From our partners

Comments

[doughman4256]

11:43 PM on 05/09/2012

And THAT'S why the U.S. government needs to pass laws like CISPA, SOPA, and PIPA. Just watch. Government and corporate control of the internet IS coming. And cyber security is going to be the excuse they use to justify it...

[KPinSEA]

12:50 PM on 05/08/2012

Hilarious ... let's have a deal with Al Qaeda to stop terrorism while we're at it.

[MHB48]

10:50 AM on 05/08/2012

Yea sure, just like intellectual property, just like patent infringment, just like the value of the yuan, etc., etc. It's going to work out just fine, this cooperation thing we have with China.

[Corpilot]

02:21 AM on 05/08/2012

Sure they will cooperate with cybersecurity...both the USA and the Chinese are trying to keep their populations in check. Neither the rich that control the US government or the Chinese trust their people.