China Hackers

Gerry Smith

'WAKEUP CALL': Nortel Security Breach Exposes Broad Vulnerabilities

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 02.15.2012

The long-term penetration of Nortel Networks' computer system by hackers raises the possibility that owners of the company's telecom equipment could f...

Gerry Smith

Chinese Hackers Used 'Spear Phishing' To Attack U.S. Chamber Of Commerce

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 12.21.2011

As hackers from China snooped around the computer system of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last year, many Chamber employees started receiving a dramati...

Huge Security Breach At U.S. Chamber Of Commerce

Posted 12.21.2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers in China broke through the computer defenses of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last year and were able to access inform...

China Says It Was Targeted In 500,000 Cyberattacks

AP | Posted 10.09.2011

BEIJING -- Nearly 500,000 cyberattacks were aimed at computers in China last year and almost half originated overseas, the government said Tuesday, fo...

China-Based Spies Said To Be Behind IMF Hacking

Bloomberg | Michael Riley and Sandrine Rastello | Posted 09.21.2011

Investigators probing the recent ransacking of International Monetary Fund computers have concluded the attack was carried out by cyber spies connecte...

Chinese Hackers Hit Western Oil Companies: Report

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — Hackers operating from China stole sensitive information from Western oil companies, a U.S. security firm reported Thursday, adding to...

Western Oil Companies Attacked By Hackers In China, Report Finds

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — Hackers operating from China stole sensitive information from Western oil companies, a U.S. security firm reported Thursday, adding to...

Hackers Hijack Gmail in China

Fast Company | Posted 05.25.2011

Over the past week, reports from Chinese Internet users indicate that when Gmail is accessed, users are auto-forwarded to a replica site at a differen...

Shadow Network Spy Operation Hacks Dalai Lama Emails

AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — China-based hackers stole Indian national security information, 1,500 e-mails from the Dalai Lama's office and other sensitive documen...

Chinese City Is World's Hacker Hub

Times Online | Michael Sheridan, Far East Correspondent | Posted 05.25.2011

A CITY in eastern China has been identified as the world capital of cyber-espionage by an American internet security company. The firm traced 12 bi...

Hackers Shut Down: China Puts End To Online Academy

latimes.com | Barbara Demick | Posted 05.25.2011

Reporting from Beijing - The pitch was tantalizing: Just a little training and you too could hack websites, earning thrills, power and, in many cases,...

China Aggressive Cyberspace Foe: Targets U.S. Cyberspace to be an aggressive foe in cyberspace

washingtonpost.com | Ellen Nakashima and John Pomfret | Posted 05.25.2011

China is significantly boosting its capabilities in cyberspace as a way to gather intelligence and, in the event of war, hit the U.S. government in a ...