DOD Adopts Interim Cyber Rules As Claims Of Chinese Cyber Attacks Continue

U.S. officials have blamed Chinese government-backed attackers for many of the recent cyber attacks on U.S. government and business computer networks: "Researchers and government officials have determined that the Chinese group that attacked the office [of Personnel Management] was probably the same one that seized millions of records held by the health care firms Anthem and Premera." U.S. Was Warned of System Open to Cyberattacks (The New York Times, June 5, 2015). According to a report by NBC News, the National Security Agency determined that China has been responsible for more than 600 cyber attacks on U.S. government, corporate, and private networks over the past five years. Last Thursday, U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the House Intelligence Committee that Chinese cyber espionage continues to target a "broad spectrum of U.S. interests," including national security information, sensitive economic data, and intellectual property. Chines