China: Reports of "Hacking" Mandiant, Disability

                            

BEIJING, KOMPAS.com - strong The Chinese military said the report, which connected with action hacking (hacking) with target companies United States, defective. In addition to calling the lack of technical evidence, Beijing also said his country did not escape from hacker attacks.

Chinese Defense Ministry said the report does not have the "technical evidence" when linking internet protocol address (IP address) hacking into a unit of the Chinese military. Ministry of China said on its website, hackers have pirated the plural use the IP address.

American computer security company, Mandiant, said the level of hacking in China is striking. The practice is said to already be called industrial espionage in the digital version in order to steal design and corporate secrets.

Exceed old-style espionage, hacking practices are also thought to have a greater interest. American corporations were targeted burglary, suspected the hackers targeted access to critical infrastructure such as gas pipelines, power lines, and water lines.

Mandiant detailed report released on Tuesday (19/02/2013) by generating hundreds of violations data. In the report stated that the Beijing government is aware of the perpetrator.

Mandiant mention one of the most active perpetrators of hacking known as APT1. The group was described as "one of the group of cyber espionage most productive based on the quantity of data stolen".

In search Mandiant, APT1 leads to a building in Shanghai. Once matched, the location that is the exact same area with the position of the People's Liberation Army 61,398 units.

APT1, according to Mandiant, has infiltrated at least 141 U.S. companies from 20 different industries. The information stolen included blueprints, business plan, prices documents, electronic mail addresses, and a list of contacts.

White House spokesman, Jay Carney, did not comment on the findings Mandiant directly. However, he describes cyber espionage is a huge challenge. "We have repeatedly raised our concerns at the highest levels of cyber theft with senior Chinese officials, including in the military, and we will continue to do so," he said.

spokesman for the U.S. State Department, Victoria Nuland, also stated this hacking issue always comes up in nearly every meeting with Chinese officials. "We consider this sort of activity is not only a threat to national security, but also for economic interests," he said.

Many suspected China was behind the hacking epidemic. However, China's defense ministry had not spared his country had suffered a cyber break-ins, including the emergence of family wealth report Premier Wen Jiabao in American newspapers.

Editorial Global Times instead turn accused the U.S. and its main allies are behind cyber warfare this. "China had denied the allegations Mandiant," wrote the editorial. In fact, China is advisable to use a similar tactic done to get the IP address Mandiant America in global hacking.