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Cybersecurity Report Spotlights Risks to U.S. Business from China
Mandiant, a Virginia-based cybersecurity firm, gave America a wake-up slap across the face last month by detailing how Chinese military hackers are infiltrating U.S. companies. And on Feb. 20, President Barack Obama's administration responded by announcing a broad plan to fight the cyber theft of trade secrets that included diplomatic pressure to discourage it. See, “Administration's Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets.”
The White House didn't specifically mention China, nor did it offer details on diplomatic consequences. But experts have long suspected that China was behind much of the hacking and data theft in U.S. companies, and the Mandiant report, “APT1: Exposing One of China's Cyber Espionage Units” left no doubt.
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