US Government E-mails Hijacked and Diverted to China

"Literally loads of Internet traffic from the Department of Defense, from all the military services, from around the federal government, and from around Congress, got routed … through a China Telecom server.”

, --November 18, 2010

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By Matthew Robertson WASHINGTON—A state-owned telecommunications company in China diverted massive amounts of sensitive United States government e-mail traffic in April. With that data, state actors could obtain important information and learn better ways of “social engineering” fake, virus-laden e-mails to further infiltrate U.S. government computer networks, according to a recent press briefing by the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC).
The news of the apparent attack was discussed at the release of the annual report of the USCC on Nov. 17. “For a brief period in April, a Chinese Internet service provider ‘hijacked,’ or inappropriately gained access to U.S. Internet traffic. This incident affected numerous government sites, including those for the Senate and the office of the secretary of Defense,” Vice Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew said in prepared remarks. More...

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