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1st February 2013, 02:30 AM
The US is considering more assertive action against China to combat cyber-espionage, as the Wall Street Journal reported it like its rival The New York Times had had their computer systems infiltrated. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02468/hacker_2468108b.jpg Cybersecurity experts said the US government is eyeing more pointed diplomatic and trade measures Photo: ALAMY
8:29AM GMT 01 Feb 2013
Cybersecurity experts said the US government is eyeing more pointed diplomatic and trade measures.
Two former US officials said the administration is preparing a new National Intelligence Estimate that, when complete, is expected to detail the cyberthreat, particularly from China (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china), as a growing economic problem. Neither of the former officials was authorised to discuss the classified report and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
One of the former officials said the NIE, an assessment prepared by the National Intelligence Council, also will cite more directly a role by the Chinese government in such espionage. The former official said the NIE will underscore the administration's concerns about the threat and will put greater weight on plans for more aggressive action against the Chinese government.
Hillary Clinton, speaking as she winds up her tenure as secretary of state, said the US needs to send a strong message that it will respond to such incidents.
"We have to begin making it clear to the Chinese – they're not the only people hacking us or attempting to hack us – that the United States is going to have to take action to protect not only our government's, but our private sector, from this kind of illegal intrusions. There's a lot that we are working on that will be deployed in the event that we don't get some kind of international effort under way," she said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9841385/US-considers-firmer-action-against-Chinese-cyber-espionage.html
8:29AM GMT 01 Feb 2013
Cybersecurity experts said the US government is eyeing more pointed diplomatic and trade measures.
Two former US officials said the administration is preparing a new National Intelligence Estimate that, when complete, is expected to detail the cyberthreat, particularly from China (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china), as a growing economic problem. Neither of the former officials was authorised to discuss the classified report and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
One of the former officials said the NIE, an assessment prepared by the National Intelligence Council, also will cite more directly a role by the Chinese government in such espionage. The former official said the NIE will underscore the administration's concerns about the threat and will put greater weight on plans for more aggressive action against the Chinese government.
Hillary Clinton, speaking as she winds up her tenure as secretary of state, said the US needs to send a strong message that it will respond to such incidents.
"We have to begin making it clear to the Chinese – they're not the only people hacking us or attempting to hack us – that the United States is going to have to take action to protect not only our government's, but our private sector, from this kind of illegal intrusions. There's a lot that we are working on that will be deployed in the event that we don't get some kind of international effort under way," she said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9841385/US-considers-firmer-action-against-Chinese-cyber-espionage.html