Chinese Hackers Extending Reach to Smaller U.S. Agencies, Officials Say

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/world/asia/chinese-hackers-extend-reach-in-us-government.html

By Michael S. Schmidt
The New York Times
July 15, 2014

WASHINGTON -- After years of cyberattacks on the networks of high-profile 
government targets like the Pentagon, Chinese hackers appear to have 
turned their attention to far more obscure federal agencies.

Law enforcement and cybersecurity analysts in March detected intrusions on 
the computer networks of the Government Printing Office and the Government 
Accountability Office, senior American officials said this week.

The printing office catalogs and publishes information for the White 
House, Congress and many federal departments and agencies. It also prints 
passports for the State Department. The accountability office, known as 
the congressional watchdog, investigates federal spending and the 
effectiveness of government programs.

The attacks occurred around the same time Chinese hackers breached the 
networks of the Office of Personnel Management, which houses the personal 
information of all federal employees and more detailed information on tens 
of thousands of employees who have applied for top-secret security 
clearances.

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