White House on Chinese Cyber theft

The White House said Tuesday that that the Obama administration has repeatedly taken up its concerns about Chinese Cyber theft at the highest levels of the Chinese government, including with Chinese military officials.

The U.S. comment followed a report by a U.S. computer security company that said a secretive Chinese military unit is believed to be behind a series of hacking attacks, which prompted a strong denial by Beijing.


"We are aware of the Mandiant Report that you are referring to and we are aware of its contents, but I am not going to talk about assessments, intelligence assessments, that we make or may be making. But, you are correct in noting the president's keen focus on this issue. It is a major challenge for us in the national security arena. The United States has substantial and growing concerns about the threats to U.S. economic and national security posed by cyber intrusions, including the theft of commercial information.''

''As the President said in the State of the Union, quote, "We know that foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets." The President also said, "We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy." That is why the United States government is taking an active approach to addressing the issue of cyber-theft,'' said Jay Carney