Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Canada: Chinese hackers infiltrated government org

Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS)Chinese hackers infiltrated the computer systems of Canada’s top research and development organization, the Canadian government said Tuesday.

Canada’s Treasury Board said a “highly sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored actor” hacked into the National Research Council, which partners its scientists, engineers and business experts with private industry to bring new technologies to market.

Adam Hodge, a spokesman for Canadian foreign minister John Baird, said Baird discussed the matter with his counterpart while in Beijing on Tuesday and had a “full and rank exchange of views on the matter.” Baird is in Asia on a trade mission.

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