Threats from China

The military is warning of increased threatening internet activity from China. Companies like Google and GoDaddy.com are reporting that in the past few months they have both received an increasing number of attacked that appear to originate from China. Both companies have stated that they are limiting their business in China immediately. U.S. Navy Admiral Robert Willard said "U.S. military and government networks and computer systems continue to be the target of intrusions that appear to have originated from within the PRC (People's Republic of China)," in a report that he gave in front of Congress earler this week.

Dell is another huge company that does business in China. They have over 5000 employees in China and they do about 25 billions dollars in outsourcing there. If Dell removes itself from China and looks elsewhere for locations for their manufacturers this could be a major blow to China. Maybe the threat of Dell leaving China will prompt the Chinese government in to action. So far the China government has not played a role in stopping these attacks or investigating them. Perhaps the loss of revenue will also motivate China to deploy an investigation.

What is the purpose behind the Chinese attacks on the U.S network? Are the attacks coming from a civilian or the government? What information have they intercepted already? What precautions can we take to prevent security breaches?