Once again, Ellen Nakashima of The Washington
Post has broken a cybersecurity story:
A new intelligence assessment has
concluded that the United States is the target of a massive,
sustained cyber-espionage campaign that is threatening the
country's economic competitiveness, according to individuals
familiar with the report.
The National Intelligence Estimate
identifies China as the country most aggressively seeking to
penetrate the computer systems of American businesses and
institutions to gain access to data that could be used for economic
gain.
The report, which represents the
consensus view of the U.S. intelligence community, describes a wide
range of sectors that have been the focus of hacking over the past
five years, including energy, finance, information technology,
aerospace and automotives, according to the individuals familiar
with the report, who spoke on the condition of anonymity about the
classified document.
