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U.S. Spy Agency Warns Beijing's Hackers Aiming at U.S. Defense Industry, Military

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Breaking: The National Security Agency warned that Chinese government hackers were taking aim at U.S. computer networks involved in national defense. The NSA characterized the threat as a critical priority in need of urgent attention.

WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency on Tuesday warned that Chinese government hackers were taking aim at U.S. computer networks involved in national defense, characterizing the threat posed by Beijing as a critical priority in need of urgent attention.

The vulnerabilities described in NSA’s new alert were already publicly known, but the nation’s premier electronic spy agency for the first time linked them to Chinese state-sponsored hacking activity. The NSA urged cyber defenders across the Defense Department and within...

 

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