Chinese Cyber Attacks Change the Game
As long as there have been human conflicts, there has been spying, the penetration of secrecy to discover the plans and tools of the other side. For most of history, spying was based almost exclusively on physical infiltration, getting human eyes, ears, and hands inside the opponent’s wall, or capturing and decoding physical messages. The development of electronic and radio communication added a new level to the game, allowing messages to be intercepted over the wire or out of the air. But never has the access to critical information been as profound or far-reaching as it is today. Digital electronics…