{"id":125013,"date":"2011-10-13T04:04:02","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T11:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=125013"},"modified":"2011-10-13T04:04:02","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T11:04:02","slug":"chinese-military-drafts-tech-companies-into-cyberarmy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/10\/chinese-military-drafts-tech-companies-into-cyberarmy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Military Drafts Tech Companies into Cyberarmy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Financial Times uncovers a Chinese technology company operating as a front for a People’s Liberation Army cybermilitia unit<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cAll staff under the age of 30 belong to the unit,\u201d said Bai Guoliang, Nanhao vice-president. It is unclear what exactly the unit does, but according to a local government announcement when it was set up, it consisted of two groups tasked with cyberattack and cyberdefence.<\/p>\n

The Nanhao operation is one of thousands set up by the Chinese military over the past decade in technology companies and universities around the country. These units form the backbone of the country\u2019s internet warfare forces, increasingly seen as a serious threat at a time of escalating global cybertensions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The story of Nanhao provides further evidence of state-sponsored cyberespionage<\/a>\u00a0as foreign governments,\u00a0multinational corporations\u00a0and global security experts suspect China’s involvement in recent major hacking incidents<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

See past CDT coverage of cyber espionage<\/a>, including the invasion of a local investigative reporter’s e-mail\u00a0account<\/a>,\u00a0attacks on Google and Yahoo accounts in the United States<\/a>, and the alleged failure of Western information security companies to adequately guard against Chinese hacking<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Financial Times uncovers a Chinese technology company operating as a front for a People’s Liberation Army cybermilitia unit: \u201cAll staff under the age of 30 belong to the unit,\u201d said Bai Guoliang, Nanhao vice-president. 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