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Forum Spin Doctor
USA Today
September 5, 2007
Pg. 8
By Reuters
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Tuesday that computer hackers gained access to an unclassified e-mail system in the office of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, but it declined to comment on a report that the Chinese army was responsible.
Defense Department monitors detected a breach in late spring. The system was taken off line, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said.
The e-mail system did not return to full operation for up to three weeks. "There was never any threat to the classified systems," Whitman said.
Whitman spoke after the Financial Times newspaper quoted current and former U.S. officials as saying that Chinese army hackers broke into a Defense Department network in June and removed data.
China rejected the report's claims.
"Some people are making wild accusations against China. … They are totally groundless," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in Beijing.
-- Reuters
September 5, 2007
Pg. 8
By Reuters
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Tuesday that computer hackers gained access to an unclassified e-mail system in the office of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, but it declined to comment on a report that the Chinese army was responsible.
Defense Department monitors detected a breach in late spring. The system was taken off line, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said.
The e-mail system did not return to full operation for up to three weeks. "There was never any threat to the classified systems," Whitman said.
Whitman spoke after the Financial Times newspaper quoted current and former U.S. officials as saying that Chinese army hackers broke into a Defense Department network in June and removed data.
China rejected the report's claims.
"Some people are making wild accusations against China. … They are totally groundless," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in Beijing.
-- Reuters