A new report on Chinese hackers details a huge cyber espionage campaign against of American companies from security providers to power plant suppliers.  The  failure of a big deal by Coca- Cola was also blamed on Chinese army hackers.  In 2008, Coca-Cola bid about $2.4 billion for the China Huiyuan Juice Group, a beverage company based in Beijing, in what would have been one of the biggest foreign acquisitions ever in that country. While the bid was being developed, Chinese hackers were inside Coke’s systems reading the details

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/technology/chinas-army-is-seen-as-tied-to-hacking-against-us.html?_r=0Companies

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/accusations-of-hacking-in-cokes-failed-big-deal/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/02/19/chinese-military-hacking-group-us-attacks-cybersyping/1930307/

Executive Order — Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

EXECUTIVE ORDER

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IMPROVING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CYBERSECURITY

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy. Repeated cyber intrusions into critical infrastructure demonstrate the need for improved cybersecurity. The cyber threat to critical infrastructure continues to grow and represents one of the most serious national security challenges we must confront. The national and economic security of the United States depends on the reliable functioning of the Nation’s critical infrastructure in the face of such threats. It is the policy of the United States to enhance the security and resilience of the Nation’s critical infrastructure and to maintain a cyber environment that encourages efficiency, innovation, and economic prosperity while promoting safety, security, business confidentiality, privacy, and civil liberties. We can achieve these goals through a partnership with the owners and operators of critical infrastructure to improve cybersecurity information sharing and collaboratively develop and implement risk-based standards. (más…)

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According to a National Intelligence Estimate, China more than any other country in the world is targeting the US in a focused cyberespionage campaign that threatens the country’s economy. The classified report lists organizations in the energy, finance, aerospace, information technology and other sectors that have been the targets of these attacks. Russia, Israel, and France have also been named as engaging in similar activity, but China’s alleged activity outstrips theirs by far. (más…)