Lawmaker calls for international pressure to stop China’s cyber-espionage

[alp227]

Source: The Washington Post

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee spoke in unusually sharp terms Tuesday about China’s alleged efforts to steal American commercial data online, saying Beijing’s cyber-espionage campaign has “reached an intolerable level” that demands action.

“Beijing is waging a massive trade war on us all, and we should band together to pressure them to stop,” said Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) at a hearing on cyber-threats and national security. “Combined, the United States and our allies in Europe and Asia have significant diplomatic and economic leverage over China, and we should use this to our advantage to put an end to this scourge.”

He acknowledged that it might seem odd that a lawmaker charged with overseeing the U.S. intelligence community should lament spying by another government. But he said that China’s espionage targets go beyond the U.S. government and military to include scores of private American companies.

The Chinese government has vociferously denied accusations from security experts and other nations that it has engaged in a cyber-campaign to steal intellectual property.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/lawmaker-calls-for-international-pressure-to-stop-chinas-cyber-espionage/2011/10/04/gIQAAR26LL_story.html

[saras]

1. Kind of late on that one - where were you in 1990 when it mattered?

[provis99]

2. what bald-faced hypocrisy.

Like the CIA and NSA don't do the same thing to China. The Chinese are just better at it, just like they are better than us at manufacturing cheap junk.

[benld74]

3. But cut the effing budgets for IT - THAT WILL SURELY STOP THEM!!!!!

[The Magistrate]

4. Damn, Sir, But this Sort Of Stuff takes Me Back....