Interpreting Chinese Cyber Attacks of 2007

<p>Cyberspace is rapidly gaining acceptance in the US defense community as a warfighting domain on par with air land and sea. However the Chinese recognized this over ten years ago and have been steadily developing doctrine building military forces and conducting training in order to utilize the cyber domain to its best advantage. In 2007 Chinese cyber espionage activities caused a large media buzz both based on their sophistication and volume. The attacks led to several questions specifically: Who caused these attacks? What were their purposes? What do they tell us about future Chinese cyber operations? After analyzing the targets of the these attacks and the methods used it is apparent that the People's Liberation Army of China is actively conducting a cyber campaign targeting the diplomatic military informational and economic capabilities of western nations (to include Taiwan and Japan). China has multiple cyber resources from the military to university scholars to information technology corporations. Chinese military officers emphasize the importance of cyber warfare in China's national and military strategy; they view it as on par with a combat system. In assessing China's capabilities intent and previous actions I assert that China is conducting a systematic long-range cyber campaign designed to achieve regional hegemony continued economic advancement and global superpower status.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>