Chinese hack attack on White House computer

[Flesh Thorn]

White House sources partly confirmed an alarming report that U.S. government computers -- reportedly including systems used by the military for nuclear commands -- were breached by Chinese hackers.
This was a spear phishing attack against an unclassified network,” a White House official told FoxNews.com. “These types of attacks are not infrequent and we have mitigation measures in place.”
A law enforcement official who works with members of the White House Military Office confirmed the Chinese attack to FoxNews.com on Monday, but it remains unclear what information, if any, was taken or left behind


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[RangerX]

Since when do "systems used by the military for nuclear commands" = "an unclassified network"?

[Steadfast]

Last week it were the Iranians, this week the Chinese, next week U.S. gov't . . .

[rangertough]

This isn't an act of war?

They are a Nuclear power that has a lot more people it can lose than we can.

Tough