A crack team of American students are to address online security headache that threatened more than a hundred American companies since 06.
the team is led by Wesley McGrew of Mississippi State University, and computer science students in engineering and specialized malware. Part of their new program requires them to study a recent report published by the firm Mandiant American cyber-security, which identifies a division of the People's Army of China as the likely release of authors years of cyber espionage.
According Mandiant, IP addresses behind a series of cyber attacks can be attributed to a "secret" Department of the Chinese army unit named 61398, located on the outskirts of the financial district of Shanghai. They believe that the unit has been in operation since 06, affecting 141 companies, mainly in America. Of course, the Chinese government has been quick to take allegations of Mandiant, noting that "hacking attacks occur almost daily using stolen IP addresses."
Is it true of the department's response? Perhaps, although considerable amount of activity in the area casts a shadow over their argument. The fact that the Chinese government takes a hard line on the online business, openly blocking many organizations and American companies, and the restriction of Internet freedom, has not exactly helped their cause. In recent years, many people in China were forced to rely on a VPN service to access the myriad of censored sites.
With every revelation of global cyber crime, companies worldwide are increasingly anxious, and increasingly dependent on the use of service as a VPN to help protect against threat. Unlike many, McGrew is rather excited by the news. He sees the report as a fantastic opportunity for students to analyze malware and to develop the tools to fight against potential threats in the future.
"We have a room with highly motivated students looking absolutely to enter this field. [Studying reports like this] puts them in positions that the country desperately seeking to fill right now," says McGrew. In Indeed, the university is also part of the US Department of Defense information assurance Scholarship Program that requires students to spend a year in government service for each year they receive financial assistance. - the idea being to US boost expertise in an area that badly needs it
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