Chinese hackers penetrate a system the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for more than a year
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A report published in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that hackers in China were able to penetrate the systems of American Chamber of Commerce and get to the information stored for more than a year.
The report said that all the information stored on the systems of interest group had been hacked including, information on its members's 3 million members, as well as access to e-mail of your four staff working in the Asian policy in addition to steal e-mail of your six weeks, as well as communications for less than 50 members.
The pirates use the tools that allow them to search the room for documents by keyword. So far, the investigations did not reveal the nature of the documents and the amount of information that are accessible through the search process.
And some informed sources said that the evidence indicates that the pirates who have these operations from China. He pointed to one of the sources, it seems that the state supports these pirates. The penetration was terminated and control in May after he noticed the FBI that data had been stolen by some of the servers in China.
It should be noted that the pirates seem to work in China, they break out similar recently, but were not of such magnitude. The Commission published a review of security and economic, which was formed from the USA and China, a detailed report on the number of incidents in which Chinese hackers stealing data from other countries, and concluded that some of these incidents indicate state support for these operations.
Asked about the breach, which was controlled in May 2010, said spokesman of the Chinese Embassy to the Chinese law prohibits piracy and cyber attacks, explaining that it should not be politicized it.
Since the attack, the Chamber of Commerce announced it has enhanced security measures online. She stated that, for example, should employees who travel to certain countries such as China, leaving the mobile devices they use every day at home and instead use other devices are seconded it.
The report said that all the information stored on the systems of interest group had been hacked including, information on its members's 3 million members, as well as access to e-mail of your four staff working in the Asian policy in addition to steal e-mail of your six weeks, as well as communications for less than 50 members.
The pirates use the tools that allow them to search the room for documents by keyword. So far, the investigations did not reveal the nature of the documents and the amount of information that are accessible through the search process.
And some informed sources said that the evidence indicates that the pirates who have these operations from China. He pointed to one of the sources, it seems that the state supports these pirates. The penetration was terminated and control in May after he noticed the FBI that data had been stolen by some of the servers in China.
It should be noted that the pirates seem to work in China, they break out similar recently, but were not of such magnitude. The Commission published a review of security and economic, which was formed from the USA and China, a detailed report on the number of incidents in which Chinese hackers stealing data from other countries, and concluded that some of these incidents indicate state support for these operations.
Asked about the breach, which was controlled in May 2010, said spokesman of the Chinese Embassy to the Chinese law prohibits piracy and cyber attacks, explaining that it should not be politicized it.
Since the attack, the Chamber of Commerce announced it has enhanced security measures online. She stated that, for example, should employees who travel to certain countries such as China, leaving the mobile devices they use every day at home and instead use other devices are seconded it.
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