Cyber-hacking war reaches new high

Since 2006, there have been many accusations between China and the U.S. about hacking into secure networks. Recently, the U.S. has confirmed that China has hacked into secure networks. Five Chinese officials have been identified in the hacking of several large companies in the U.S. These companies include a steel company and a solar company. The F.B.I. electronically tracked the hackers to a heavily guarded 12-floor military tower near the Shanghai airport that is the headquarters  for China's military hacking unit. The F.B.I. was even able to figure out who the hackers were. The names have been posted. Their names are Wang Dong, Huang Zhenyu, Sun Kailiang, Gu Chunhui, and Wen Xinyu. All of these men are members of The People’s Liberation Army.

It has been determined that their purpose for hacking into the companies is to give an edge to Chinese based companies and to get trade secrets from the companies in the U.S. The U.S. says that hacking into secure government networks for national security is one thing, but hacking into networks to give an economic edge to their companies is completely unacceptable.