Investigation reveals cyberattacks on defense contractors

Washington Post: Defense contractors recently suffered a barrage of cyberattacks from the Chinese government, according to a Senate investigation released Wednesday that revealed startling vulnerabilities in how the Pentagon transports troops and equipment.

Contractors working for the U.S. Transportation Command were successfully hacked about 50 times over a 12-month span that ended in May 2013. Of those, at least 20 were sophisticated intrusions attributed to China, the investigation found.

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