Gillard denies ASIO hack

May 29, 2013

Gillard denies ASIO hack

Chinese spies hacked secret US weapons systems including F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: reports

Chinese cyber spies have reportedly obtained top-secret information on major weapons systems in the US, including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

The Washington Post says a confidential report prepared for the Pentagon reveals the designs for more than two dozen weapons systems were compromised.

They include the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which Australia is buying from the US, the Osprey aircraft, and a new US Navy combat ship, according to the Post.

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It is very silly that anyone with secrets to keep, whether they be a government or corporation, have those secrets on servers that can be accessed from outside the building. These servers should be separate from servers used for communications like email, and not able to be connected to laptops carried outside the building by employees, no matter what their security level. If these secrets are so valuable, they are surly worth the cost of protecting them from hackers.

Posted by: Jim Witt | May 29, 2013 at 08:41 AM

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