http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=2&art_id=7809&sid=5899047&con_type=1&d_str=20051214 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE December 14, 2005 China has reacted to speculation that its military is trying to penetrate computer networks in the United States, saying hacking is against Chinese law. "We have clear stipulations against hacking. No one can use the Internet to engage in illegal activities," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular briefing Tuesday. "The Chinese police will deal with hacking and other activities disturbing social order in accordance with law." Qin was responding to a reported claim by the head of a leading US security institute that the People's Liberation Army is most likely behind a systematic effort to penetrate US government and industry computer networks. The attacks have been traced to Guangdong, said Alan Paller, the director of the SANS Institute, an education and research organization focusing on cybersecurity, Monday. Paller said the techniques used made it appear unlikely to come from any other source than the Chinese military. "I'm not sure about the American accusations," Qin said. "If they have proof, they should tell us." Pentagon officials confirmed earlier this year that US Defense Department Web sites are probed hundreds of times a day by hackers, but maintained that no classified site is known to have been penetrated by hackers. The US military has code-named the recent hacker effort "Titan Rain" and has made some strides in counter-hacking to identify the attackers, according to Paller. © 2005 The Standard _________________________________________ Earn your Master's degree in Information Security ONLINE www.msia.norwich.edu/csi Study IA management practices and the latest infosec issues. Norwich University is an NSA Center of Excellence.
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