China emerges as leader in cyberwarfare

CHINA EMERGES AS LEADER IN CYBERWARFARE
[SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: Robert Marquand and Ben Arnoldy]
Today, of an estimated 120 countries working on cyberwarfare, China, seeking great power status, has emerged as a leader. "The Chinese are the first to use cyberattacks for political and military goals," says James Mulvenon, an expert on Chin's military and director of the Center for Intelligence and Research in Washington. "Whether it is battlefield preparation or hacking networks connected to the German chancellor, they are the first state actor to jump feet first into 21st-century cyberwarfare technology. This is clearly becoming a more serious and open problem."
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