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Chinese setting up U.S. cyber targets?

A Chinese military propaganda video may have let it slip that China is attacking U.S. targets electronically.

Federal News Network Staff

August 23, 2011 7:46 pm

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A Chinese military propaganda video may have let it slip that China is attacking U.S. targets electronically. The documentary shows a six second clips of Chinese cyber-operatives’ launching an attack against a US target.

DoD Buzz reports the footage shows custom-built Chinese software targeting the main website of the Falun Gong spiritual practice, by using a compromised IP address belonging to a United States university.

The video then shows a big “Attack” button on the bottom left being pushed, before the camera cuts away.

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