{"id":47824,"date":"2015-06-27T22:27:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=47824 "},"modified":"2015-06-27T22:27:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T22:27:00","slug":"47824-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=47824","title":{"rendered":"US spy chief James Clapper says China lead suspect in cyber hack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper listens to remarks by U.S. President Barack Obama at DNI Office to mark its 10th anniversary, in McLean, Virginia, April 24, 2015.<\/div>
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James Clapper is the highest ranking US official to publicly implicate China<\/div>
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China is the “leading suspect” in the massive hack of a US government agency holding the personnel records of millions of Americans, US intelligence chief James Clapper has said.<\/div>
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He is the highest-ranking US official to publicly implicate Beijing since news of the data breach emerged.<\/div>
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China always dismissed suggestions that it was behind the hacking.<\/div>
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The statement comes after three days of high-level talks in which China and the US agreed to a “code of conduct”.<\/div>
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“China remains the leading suspects,” said Mr Clapper at a conference in Washington DC, but “the US government continues to investigate” he added, according to his office.<\/div>
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Background to a “massive” hack in five points<\/div>
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On 5 June the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said more than four million employees, retirees, contractors and job applicants may have had their personal data compromised<\/div>
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Some reports have put the number at 14 million or higher – this remains unconfirmed<\/div>
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The OPM first became aware of the breach in April<\/div>
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Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee said the hackers were believed to be in China<\/div>
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It’s not the first attempt: In March 2014 hackers breached OPM networks – an intrusion blamed on China – but the attempt was blocked<\/div>
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US hit by ‘massive data breach’<\/div>
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China military unit ‘behind prolific hacking’<\/div>
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At the Washington talks where cyber security was a top priority, US Secretary of State John Kerry said there was a need to work with China to develop a “code of conduct” on state behaviour in cyberspace – Chinese representatives had agreed with these conclusions.<\/div>
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“It’s something that we agreed needs to be addressed and hopefully it can be addressed soon,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday.<\/div>
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China has said any suggestion that it was behind the hacking is “irresponsible and unscientific”.<\/div>
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http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-33281269<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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