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Chinese military denies role in reported U.S. hacking
Source: Reuters
Chinese military denies role in reported U.S. hacking
BEIJING Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:20am EDT
(Reuters) - China's Defense Ministry on Friday denied that it had anything to do with a cyber attack on Register.com, a unit of Web.com, following a report in the Financial Times that the FBI was looking into the Chinese military's involvement.
"The relevant criticism that China's military participated in Internet hacking is to play the same old tune, and is totally baseless," the ministry said in a fax to Reuters in response to a question about the story.
According to the Financial Times, hackers apparently have had access to Register.com's network for about a year, but the attack did not disrupt or result in theft of client data.
It is not clear what the Chinese military would be looking for or what it would gain from Register.com's data.
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BEIJING Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:20am EDT
(Reuters) - China's Defense Ministry on Friday denied that it had anything to do with a cyber attack on Register.com, a unit of Web.com, following a report in the Financial Times that the FBI was looking into the Chinese military's involvement.
"The relevant criticism that China's military participated in Internet hacking is to play the same old tune, and is totally baseless," the ministry said in a fax to Reuters in response to a question about the story.
According to the Financial Times, hackers apparently have had access to Register.com's network for about a year, but the attack did not disrupt or result in theft of client data.
It is not clear what the Chinese military would be looking for or what it would gain from Register.com's data.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/20/us-china-usa-cybersecurity-idUSKBN0MG0TT20150320
