Increasingly testy rhetoric and increasingly legitimate concerns have prompted the United States and China to announce that they will hold regular high-level talks on standards of cyberbehavior. The announcement precedes a meeting between President Obama and Chinese president Xi Jinping scheduled for Friday. The Obama administration has publicly called out China for hacking U.S. government and corporate computers. Accusations from the U.S. government — as well as from private security firms — have prompted denials, with China claiming that it has been the victim of cyberattacks carried out by the U.S.
US, China to Hold Regular Cybersecurity Chats
Posted by: David Vranicar June 3, 2013 09:53 AMIncreasingly testy rhetoric and increasingly legitimate concerns have prompted the United States and China to announce that they will hold regular high-level talks on standards of cyberbehavior. The announcement precedes a meeting between President Obama and Chinese president Xi Jinping scheduled for Friday. The Obama administration has publicly called out China for hacking U.S. government and corporate computers. Accusations from the U.S. government — as well as from private security firms — have prompted denials, with China claiming that it has been the victim of cyberattacks carried out by the U.S.