Did China Attack US Oil With Their Elite Cyberspies?
America’s unofficial internet war with China continues. Recently, Google told off the Chinese government, saying the search giant would no longer censor their site’s search results. This was in response to a series of hacks on Chinese human rights activists, potentially by (or in connection to) the Chinese government. Well, now it looks like China may have been sanctioning hackers since 2008.
Christian Science Monitor reports that three gas and oil companies — ExxonMobil, Marathon Oil and ConocoPhillips — were the target of Chinese hackers in ‘08. Apparently, the hackers were after all-important, ultra-secret “bid value” documents, which shows the value and location of oil worldwide. Classified information definitely flowed out of the computers of high level oil executives, who were the victims of these attacks.
Experts say that China has many hacker clubs, which are watched closely by their government. Are hackers being watched closely or getting recruited? Seems like we don’t know for sure, but many people are very suspicious, especially since the government is such a powerful force in China.
Luckily, American hackers are ready to respond. We refuse to take this lying down, and America is ready to fight! Check out our newest and brightest hackers in action:
Source: CSM
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