NSA Details Chinese Cyber Theft of F-35, Military Secrets

[unhappycamper]

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/nsa-details-chinese-cyber-theft-of-f-35-military-secrets/



Chinese hackers pillaged U.S. defense, contractor networks for critical data

NSA Details Chinese Cyber Theft of F-35, Military Secrets
BY: Bill Gertz
January 22, 2015 3:55 pm

China obtained more than 50 terabytes of data from U.S. defense and government networks, notably the Joint Strike Fighter’s stealth radar and engine secrets, through cyber espionage, according to newly disclosed National Security Agency documents.

A NSA briefing slide labeled “Top Secret” and headlined “Chinese Exfiltrate Sensitive Military Data,” states that the Chinese have stolen a massive amount of data from U.S. government and private contractors.

The document was made public by the German magazine Der Spiegel in a two articles detailing how NSA in the mid-2000s was capable of conducting global cyber intelligence-gathering by tapping into the networks of foreign intelligence services and stealing the data they were collecting from others.

The unique capability of spying on the spies was described in a series of documents that were stolen in 2013 by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, currently a fugitive in Russia.

[tech3149]

1. Just let em have it if they're dumb enough to want it! n/t

[newfie11]

2. Sure it wasn't planned that way

From what I've read the F35 is junk.