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THE INVASION OF THE CHINESE CYBERSPIES (And the Man Who Tried to Stop Them).

Authors :
Thornburgh, Nathan
Forney, Matthew
Bennett, Brian
Burger, Timothy J.
Shannon, Elaine
Source :
TIME Magazine; 9/5/2005, Vol. 166 Issue 10, p34-39, 4p, 2 Color Photographs
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

Focuses on hackers called Titan Rain who are stealing U.S. secrets. Role of Shawn Carpenter tracking break-ins at sensitive government networks; Strategy used by Carpenter to investigate the cyber-espionage ring; Discovery that the attackers' country of origin was China; Implications for U.S. security; Anxiety of the U.S. counterintelligence community regarding Chinese spies; Scope of the hackers' activities; Concerns of the U.S. Department of Defense; Why Carpenter is speaking out about his case; Question of whether Carpenter was sleuthing with the consent of the government or operating as a rogue hacker; How Carpenter's work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation got him into trouble with his employers at Sandia.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0040781X
Volume :
166
Issue :
10
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
TIME Magazine
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
18065208