Chinese Military Hacked Into Pentagon

[temi]

The Pentagon acknowledged shutting down part of a computer system serving the office of Robert Gates, defense secretary, but declined to say who it believed was behind the attack. Current and former officials have told the Financial Times an internal investigation has revealed that the incursion came from the [Chinese] People's Liberation Army.

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[gkd_uk]

China has denied reports that its military hacked into the computer network of the US Department of Defense in Washington.
A foreign ministry official said the claims "reflected Cold War mentality".

The Financial Times quoted US officials as saying the Chinese army made the attack, which crashed part of a system for the defence secretary's office.

Last week China dismissed reports that its armed forces had infiltrated German government computer systems.

The reports come as US President George W Bush prepared to meet his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, at the Apec summit in Sydney, Australia.

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[daniel]

I am sure that breaking the password was peace of cake for China.
Every Chinese tried a combination!

[temi]

Its amazing that pentagon computer can be hacked into so easily, even if each Chinese had to go