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A man walks past a twelve-story Shanghai building alleged in a February 19, 2013 report by the Internet security firm Mandiant to house a Chinese military-led cyber hacking group. Mandiant s hundreds of investigations traced to this building hacking attacks on U.S. newspapers, government agencies, and companies.
On China’s Twitter, Discussion of Hacking Attacks Proceeds Unblocked
February 20, 2013
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The New York Times reported yesterday evening, U.S.-based cybersecurity firm Mandiant has just released a deeply troubling report called “Exposing One of China’s Cyber Espionage Units.” The report alleges wide-spread hacking sponsored by the People’s Liberation Army, which is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. The report states, “Our research and observations indicate that the Communist Party of China is tasking the Chinese People’s Liberation Army [PLA] to commit systematic cyber espionage and data theft against organizations arou