U.S. Weapons System Designs Compromised by Chinese Cyberspies
May 28th, 2013Related, From Australia: ASIO Blueprints Stolen in Major Cyber Attack on Canberra HQ:
Classified blueprints of the new ASIO headquarters in Canberra have been stolen in a cyber hit believed to have been mounted by hackers in China.
The ABC’s Four Corners program has discovered the plans were taken in an operation targeting a contractor involved with building the site.
The stolen blueprints included the building’s security and communications systems, its floor plan, and its server locations.
Via: Washington Post:
Designs for many of the nation’s most sensitive advanced weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, according to a report prepared for the Pentagon and to officials from government and the defense industry.
Among more than two dozen major weapons systems whose designs were breached were programs critical to U.S. missile defenses and combat aircraft and ships, according to a previously undisclosed section of a confidential report prepared for Pentagon leaders by the Defense Science Board.
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Some of the weapons form the backbone of the Pentagon’s regional missile defense for Asia, Europe and the Persian Gulf. The designs included those for the advanced Patriot missile system, known as PAC-3; an Army system for shooting down ballistic missiles, known as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD; and the Navy’s Aegis ballistic-missile defense system.
Also identified in the report are vital combat aircraft and ships, including the F/A-18 fighter jet, the V-22 Osprey, the Black Hawk helicopter and the Navy’s new Littoral Combat Ship, which is designed to patrol waters close to shore.
Also on the list is the most expensive weapons system ever built — the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which is on track to cost about $1.4 trillion. The 2007 hack of that project was reported previously.
Related: The Best Enemy Money Can Buy by Antony C. Sutton
@Kevin – The link is broken to the Antony Sutton book.
@everyone else wanting to connect the dots on this story – Read The Best Enemy Money Can Buy.
What fun is an arms race if your competitor is falling behind? You need a more even match if you’re going into a world war or it could end too quickly.
Thanks, I fixed the link.