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NATO claims China has declared a cyber war | NATO diplomatic sources have told The Times that the Chinese have become very active with cyber-attacks. “We’re now getting regular warnings from the office for internal security,” they said, adding that the number of attacks
had increased significantly over the past 12 months. China , they said, is among
the most active players. In the US , an official report released on Friday said
the number of attacks on Congress and other government agencies had risen
exponentially
in the past year to an estimated 1.6 billion every month. The Chinese
cyber-penetration
of key offices in both NATO and the EU has led to restrictions in the normal flow
of intelligence because there are concerns that secret intelligence reports might
be vulnerable. Sources at the Office for Cyber Security at the Cabinet Office
in London, set up last year, said there were two forms of attack -- those focusing
on disrupting computer systems and others involving “fishing trips” for sensitive
information. A special team has been set up at GCHQ, the government
communications
headquarters in Gloucestershire, to counter the growing cyber threat affecting
intelligence material. The team becomes operational this month. British and American
cyber defences are among the most sophisticated in the world, but “the EU is less
competent”, James Lewis, of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies,
said. The lack of routine intelligence sharing between the US and the EU also
contributes to the vulnerability of European systems, another analyst said. Jonathan
Evans, Director-General of MI5, warned in 2007 that several states were actively
involved in large-scale cyber-attacks. Although he did not specify which states
were involved, security officials have indicated that China now poses the gravest
threat. Beijing has denied making such attacks. Robert Mueller, FBI Director,
has warned that, in addition to the danger of foreign states making cyber attacks,
al-Qaeda could in the future pose a similar threat. In a speech to a security
conference last week, Mueller said terrorist groups had used the Internet to recruit
members and to plan attacks. |
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