Current Event 7
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/09/chinese_crackers_attack_us/
October 9, 2006
By John Leyden
Chinese hackers have began an attack against the US Department of Commerce. The computer crackers are located mainly in China's Guangdong province. They are extracting sensitive information from targets such as the Commerce Department's technology export office. US government officials believe the Chinese government is supporting the attacks. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has had to overhaul its computer systems and security defenses. The information on the department's systems includes sensitive commercial and economic data on US exporters, and data involving law enforcement records.
This affects anyone who has records in the Department of Commerce.
The ethical issue addressed is hacking. It is unethical for China to access sensitive data by hacking into our government's system.
The impact to society is if China can get into the Commerce's system, then themselves and other countries may be able to get into other systems and see data they shouldn't be allowed to see. Anyone's information that is contained in a government database may not be safe.
This is a very bad thing because other countries should not have access to the data in the Commerce's system. If another country gets a hold of certain data, they could use that data against us.
October 9, 2006
By John Leyden
Chinese hackers have began an attack against the US Department of Commerce. The computer crackers are located mainly in China's Guangdong province. They are extracting sensitive information from targets such as the Commerce Department's technology export office. US government officials believe the Chinese government is supporting the attacks. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has had to overhaul its computer systems and security defenses. The information on the department's systems includes sensitive commercial and economic data on US exporters, and data involving law enforcement records.
This affects anyone who has records in the Department of Commerce.
The ethical issue addressed is hacking. It is unethical for China to access sensitive data by hacking into our government's system.
The impact to society is if China can get into the Commerce's system, then themselves and other countries may be able to get into other systems and see data they shouldn't be allowed to see. Anyone's information that is contained in a government database may not be safe.
This is a very bad thing because other countries should not have access to the data in the Commerce's system. If another country gets a hold of certain data, they could use that data against us.
posted by Emily @ 7:55 PM
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