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UK Security Threat From Cyber Crime

Christopher Hope writes on The Telegraph.co.uk:

Last September it emerged that up to 10 Whitehall departments are being regularly targeted by computer hackers from countries such as China and Russia who want to find out state secrets.

Hackers from China’s People’s Liberation Army were said to have attacked the IT systems of the Foreign Office and other government departments.

Beijing is reported to be engaged in a battle to achieve “electronic dominance” over each of its global rivals by 2050, particularly the US, Britain, Russia and South Korea.

The strategy says that Britain “does remain subject to high levels of non-military activity by foreign intelligence organisations.

“A number of countries continue to devote considerable time and energy trying to obtain political and economic intelligence.”

posted by Fergie @ 3/20/2008 02:03:00 PM