Sunday, December 02, 2007

Report: Rolls-Royce IT Network Attacked by Chinese Hackers

An AFP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:

Chinese-backed computer hackers attacked the internal computer network of British airplane engine maker Rolls-Royce, The Times said in its Monday edition.

Citing unidentified security sources, the daily said that while the hackers did not manage to get through to the company's sensitive data, the attack earlier this year "nearly took them (Rolls-Royce) out".

According to The Times, Anglo-Dutch energy company Royal Dutch Shell uncovered a spy ring made up of Chinese nationals at its facilities in Houston, in the United States, also earlier this year.

The two companies declined to comment when contacted by The Times.

More here.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home