CIA says China and others focus on U.S. computer flaws

Jun 24

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WASHINGTON (June 24, 1998 3:04 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com)

China and others have begun to focus on U.S. commercial computer networks’ vulnerability to prepare for any future conflict, CIA Director George Tenet told a Senate committee Wednesday. Testifying as President Clinton left for a state visit aimed at strengthening ties with Beijing, Tenet said the magnitude of the threat from a wide range of potential foes, by implication including China, was “extraordinary.”

He cited the danger of various forms of intrusion into networked information systems, tampering and “delivery of malicious code.”

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