US warning of cyber-intelligence risk from China

Reuters news agency on March 10 reported that the US has expressed a particular concern about China's ability in cyberwar and Beijing's intelligence gathering capacity.

Addressing the Senate Military Committee on March 10, US National Intelligence Director James Clapper assessed China's growing ability in cyberwar and intelligence gathering as " a concern." hard to overcome "for the US.

US National Intelligence Director James Clappter in the previous hearing
Senate Military Commission on March 10

Clapper said: "China has made a significant investment in this area. They have a huge organization dedicated to it and are very active. This is just another method they use to gather information. about us and collect information for technology purposes ".

At this annual hearing on global security threats, the head of the US intelligence community Clapper did not mention China's network activities. However, in his report, he stressed that 2010 was a year of sharp increase in vandalism aimed at US computers and the Internet, though not specifically mentioning China.