China preparing for cyber-war

China is building a computer arsenal, which provides an opportunity for cyber-war and the use of sophisticated information technology to carry out the purposes of intelligence in the USA - published on Thursday says an independent report. The document was prepared by an advisory panel of the U.S. Congress. According to the authors there is reason to believe that "elite community of hackers" working for the government in Beijing, although "hard" evidence of such cooperation are limited. The report describes in detail the commission of cyber-attack on one U.S. company, which was probably carried out in China, was also organized in a manner very similar to other such incidents, also attributed to the Chinese cyber-spies. Described in the analysis of the company, whose name was not disclosed, noticed that a few days with its network of data to be sent to a number of external computers in the U.S. and other countries. According to the report, the attack was very precisely targeted to a certain type of data, suggesting that it was a well-coordinated and sophisticated operation, carried out by professionals with extensive knowledge of advanced information technology. Protocol (IP) is used repeatedly in the action locates the source of attack in China. The study conducted by the America-China Safety Commission warns that the degree of sophistication of these attacks and extensive computing resources, which were used to cyber-attacks on targets in the U.S. and other countries suggests that "would be (one), at least difficult ( to get) without some form of state sponsorship. " The report's authors believe that China, which has long been is building a massive military arsenal, the military considers a priority, the capacity to carry out cyber war. It is believed that the government in Beijing considers the kind of information readiness as a key element of military advantage in future armed conflicts. Potential targets of attacks on U.S. soil, the Pentagon's computer networks and databases. The report also informed in detail of the special units set up by the Chinese army, for the development of computer viruses that could attack enemy computers and networks. Similar information is also included previously published, the annual Defense Department report on China's armed forces. The report presented on Thursday was prepared by Northrop Grunman Corporation, based largely on open sources, websites of Chinese hackers and technical analysis of cyber-attacks attributed to China.