Chinese hackers were accused of stealing the designs for more than two dozen U.S. military weapons systems in a press account appearing Monday. The system designs reportedly pinched by the hackers were for systems critical to the country’s missile defenses and its combat aircraft and war ships. The revelations were based on confidential sections of a report prepared by the Defense Science Board, a Pentagon advisory group for military brass and Defense Department higher-ups.
Chinese Hackers May Have Pinched US Military Designs
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. May 29, 2013 01:05 PMChinese hackers were accused of stealing the designs for more than two dozen U.S. military weapons systems in a press account appearing Monday. The system designs reportedly pinched by the hackers were for systems critical to the country’s missile defenses and its combat aircraft and war ships. The revelations were based on confidential sections of a report prepared by the Defense Science Board, a Pentagon advisory group for military brass and Defense Department higher-ups.