Hackers in China are believed to have broken into the servers of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
According to a report published by the Wall Street Journal, attackers gained access to "everything" stored on the servers, including information about the Chamber's three million members.
While it was not clear how severe the breach was and what information was extracted, the Journal said that the attack may have lasted for more than a year and was among the boldest moves in an ongoing confrontation and involved "at least 300 Internet addresses." It was uncovered and shut down in May 2010. Apparently, the FBI notified the Chamber that China was stealing its information. Not surprisingly, China said that it had no idea that the attack occurred, that there was no evidence for the allegations and any accusations are irresponsible.
"What was unusual about it was that this was clearly somebody very sophisticated, who knew exactly who we are and who targeted specific people and used sophisticated tools to try to gather intelligence," the Chamber's Chief Operating Officer David Chavern told the WSJ. The Chamber believes that communications with fewer than 50 of its members were compromised. The information provided to the newspaper indicated that the breach used tools that enabled the attackers to "search for key words across a range of documents on the Chamber's network, including searches for financial and budget information."
It's that easy, yes it's inconvenient but it's also the most secure way.
If people need data, they should have to go to the location of the servers because at least there, the security is physical.
Of course.. Nobody will take that easy approach because it'll be too "inconvenient".
It's that easy, yes it's inconvenient but it's also the most secure way.
If people need data, they should have to go to the location of the servers because at least there, the security is physical.
Of course.. Nobody will take that easy approach because it'll be too "inconvenient".
you're quite the simpleton aren't ya?
Honestly, this series of online attacks and spying isn't making things better for the public- and to think that this particular breakout lasted for a year,.. scary..
US is battling China in both conventional and cyberwarfare..
I'm not sure what value this has. Whatever information they collect would likely only concern what the lobby group lobby's for in the first place.
The only thing that may come as any value if they obtained any information about illegal lobbying actions such as bribes. This could be used to blackmail but I highly doubt the Chamber of Commerce would report the attack to the authorities if it would display their own criminal actions if any existed.
Didn't expect any other response from a Chinese....
haters gonna hate.
actually, I;m thinking you are
This is whats wrong with the western world economy, we simply do not manufacture or produce anything of quantity anymore, relying for years on the service and support sectors, which even now are beginning a slippery downturn as these industries are moving to places like India.
Agreed. What's the point in hacking the US Chamber of Commerce? Did the Chinese do this out of frustration because they were unable to hack more sensitive, US Govt. sites?
And its been almost two-years now. Why wait this long to release the info to the public?
This is almost non-news. :0
Thanks man, I actually did NOT know they were not part of the govt. Then again, I know jack shit about politics.
Thanks for the informative response. More need to be like this.