President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet this weekend to talk cybersecurity, among other things, but there are plenty of people on either side talking already. A day after China’s claim that it has “mountains of data” proving U.S.-based hackers have been attacking the Middle Kingdom, United States intelligence officials say they have reason to believe Chinese hackers orchestrated “a massive cyberespionage operation against the 2008 presidential campaigns” of Obama and John McCain.
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Early Salvos Launched Ahead of Cybersecurity Talks
Posted by: David Vranicar June 7, 2013 11:05 AMPresident Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet this weekend to talk cybersecurity, among other things, but there are plenty of people on either side talking already. A day after China’s claim that it has “mountains of data” proving U.S.-based hackers have been attacking the Middle Kingdom, United States intelligence officials say they have reason to believe Chinese hackers orchestrated “a massive cyberespionage operation against the 2008 presidential campaigns” of Obama and John McCain.