China military admits cyberwarfare unit exists

[A Guy]

The Chinese military has established a cyberwarfare unit to protect Chinese networks from external attacks, a military spokesperson admitted in a news conference Wednesday.

The elite cyberwarfare unit of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is called the "Online Blue Army," the People's Daily Online reported. It is tasked with enhancing Chinese troops' military training and network security, Ministry of National Defense spokesman Senior Colonel Geng Yansheng said.

"Currently, China's network protection is comparatively weak," Geng said. "Enhancing the informationization level and strengthening network security protection are important components of military training for an army."

China's suspected participation in recent high-profile cyberattacks against, among others, Google, Morgan Stanley and DuPont, however, have security experts doubting the intentions of the PLA's "Blue Army."

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A Guy

[Ceyfer √]

I'm semi-surprised. They disclosed it due to the fact that's the US has a bigger and a noisy cyber-warfare program. Let's hope it all for defensive course rather than pure offense. China has been linked & known for its APT attack on certain multinational companies before.

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[Kees]

It does not surprise me at all. As I already articulated on previous occasions, I am quite suspicious of China's intentions.

[JayCub]

it doesn't surprise me or that other countries are involved, when the troubles in Northern Ireland esculated the phone calls between northern Ireland the Republic of Ireland and England where monitored from a listening tower in the North.. now it's the era of Cyber space, and more powerful tools are at hand...

[INDRANIL]

Screw them I don't trust them . They are trying to get attention .

[hellnoire]

I'm not sure what to say.

All I can say it that China has a lot of things that need attending to. This is only some of things that can be known...

[Bearcat]

It doesn't surprise me in the least that China has a cyberwarfare unit. In fact, I'm sure that most of the developed nations around the world do also. Its the price we all pay for living in a world where nations can't get along with each other.

[Ceyfer √]

It doesn't surprise me in the least that China has a cyberwarfare unit. In fact, I'm sure that most of the developed nations around the world do also. Its the price we all pay for living in a world where nations can't get along with each other.

Well said Bearcat, apart from the said truth, cyber-espionage program is indeed even more effective than the conventional intelligence operation.

...and this reminds of facebook spy connection. LOL