From ibtimes.com (May 2):
Chinese hackers have infiltrated a sensitive U.S. Army database that contains information about the vulnerabilities of thousands of dams located throughout the United States. The hacking of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ National Inventory of Dams (NID) has raised concerns that information gathered in the attack could help China carry out a cyberattack on the national electrical power grid.
An unauthorized user traced to China hacked the NID database in January but wasn’t discovered until sometime in April. [read more]
The article doesn’t state if the hacker was from the gov’t or not, but it doesn’t matter. China not only ignores its hackers (as long as they are not hacking into China’s computer systems), but probably condones and encourages these hackers. China is not America’s friend. And China doesn’t respect the US since Obama has been in office (actually neither has any country really for that matter). It’s a good thing that the Army Corps was able to stop the hack pretty quickly. What about next time?
Talking about Chinese hackers, here are some headlines from Newsmax.com about China hacking America:
Jun. 2, 2011 - US Investigating Google Claim of China Hacking
Jan. 19, 2012 - Suspicion Grows China Hacked US Govt Emails
April 29, 2012 - Rick Perry Eyes 2016 Run; China Hacks US Fighter Jet Plans
Feb. 6, 2013 - Rupert Murdoch: Chinese Are Still Hacking the WSJ
May 7, 2013 - Pentagon Report Blames Cyberattacks Directly on Chinese Government
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