Posted on 15 March 2012
2012-03-15 (China Military News cited from PLA Daily) -- Concerning the problems of the unsynchronized and uncoordinated constructions between the military and national communications, Guo Shuhong, military deputy to the National People’s Congress (NPC) and chief engineer of a troop unit under the Jinan Military Area Command (MAC) of the ... READ MORE
Posted on 12 March 2012
2012-03-12 (China Military News cited from zdnet.com) -- Late last year, senior British military officers, Defense Ministry officials, and other government officials were tricked into becoming Facebook friends with someone masquerading as United States Navy admiral James Stavridis. By doing so, they exposed their own personal information (such as private ... READ MORE
Posted on 08 March 2012
2012-03-08 (China Military News cited from bloomberg.com and by opal Ratnam) -- China’s cyber capabilities are advanced enough to disrupt U.S. military operations in case of a conflict over Taiwan, according to a report today by a panel created by the U.S. Congress.
A few weeks before a potential conflict over ... READ MORE
Posted on 06 March 2012
2012-03-06 (China Military News cited from dailymail.co.uk) -- Chinese hackers gained 'full access' to the computer network in one of Nasa's key control centres, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
JPL manages 23 spacecraft conducting active space missions, including missions to Jupiter, Mars and Saturn.
The hackers, operating from an internet address in China, ... READ MORE
Posted on 28 February 2012
2012-02-28 (China Military News cited from itgovernance.co.uk) -- The UK’s 2010 National Security Strategy identified Cyberattacks as one of the four highest-priority risks faced by the UK. President Obama has declared cybersecurity as one of the most serious economic and national security challenges the US faces as a nation. While ... READ MORE
Posted on 28 February 2012
2012-02-28 (China Military News cited from militaryaerospace.com and by Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D) --On November 14, Defense News ran an interesting story by Asia correspondent Wendell Minnick about how the General Staff of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) manages cyber warfare activities. Minnick quoted Australian security expert Desmond Ball as speculating ... READ MORE
Posted on 27 February 2012
2012-02-27 (China Military News cited from indiatimes.com) -- Chinese telecoms giant Huawei on Sunday launched what it touted as the " world's fastest smartphone", in its bid to squeeze into a market currently dominated by Apple and Samsung.
"We are proud to ... introduce a world first at the 2012 Mobile ... READ MORE
Posted on 15 February 2012
2012-02-15 (China Military News cited from CNN and by Adam Levine) -- The U.S. top military officer said that, should China's military be found to be behind hacks into the U.S. infrastructure, it would not necessarily be a hostile act.
Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said ... READ MORE
Posted on 09 February 2012
2012-02-09 (China Military News cited from cfr.org and by Adam Segal) -- Two recent studies of national cyber power have placed China near the bottom of the table. China is number 13 on the EUI-Booz Allen Hamilton Cyber Power Index, behind Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil but better off than Russia, ... READ MORE