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Chinese Government Still Hacking Commercial Companies, Report Says

Friday, October 23rd, 2015

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CrowdStrike, a company that provides cyber protection services, said Oct. 19 it has detected several attempted intrusions against private companies originating in actors affiliated with the Chinese government--just several weeks after the U.S. - China agreement prohibiting cyber theft of intellectual property was signed.CrowdStrike’s premiere service, Falcon, “has detected and prevented a number of intrusions into our customers’ systems from actors we have affiliated with the Chinese government,” Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and Chief technology officer (CTO) of CrowdStrike, said in…

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