2023-08-08 17:43:22
In a geopolitical context marked by tensions between Washington and Beijing, this is a far from trivial incident. In the fall of 2020, agents from the American National Security Agency (NSA) made a disturbing discovery, likely to weigh on the country’s strategy in the Pacific Ocean: Chinese hackers would thus have had access to confidential networks. of the Defense of Japan, “most important strategic ally of the United States in East Asia”, reported Tuesday August 8 The Washington Post.
According to the American daily, these hackers had access “deep and persistent” to strategic information from Japan and seemed to want to get their hands on as much data as possible. More precisely, “military plans and capabilities, and assessments of force weaknesses [japonaises]”writes the newspaper. “The situation was bad, terribly bad”tells the journalist a former American military official.
The extent of these hacks has decided the American authorities to act. In 2020, the
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