Chinese cyber increases against U.S.

The Chinese Government appears to be more often keying the computer networks of government and industry, U.S. Defense to collect information useful to the Army, said a congressional advisory panel.

"An enormous amount of circumstantial and forensic evidence strongly suggests the involvement of the Chinese state in such activities," said the Committee on Economic and Security Review between the U.S. and China in its 2009 report to Congress.

The 12-member bipartisan commission was established in 2000 to discuss the implications of growing trade with China.

Beijing has begun to expand its national security concerns beyond a possible confrontation across the Taiwan Strait and its periphery issues, said the report of 367 pages.

China is the most aggressive in conducting espionage against the United States, focusing on obtaining data and knowledge to help in modernizing its military and economic development, he added.

The amount of computing activities "malicious" against the United States rose in 2008 and is growing sharply this year, he said, adding that "much of this activity appears to originate in China."

The Chinese Embassy in the United States did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The commission said that the Chinese government has put much of their operational capabilities of computer networks between elements of the PLA.

"The efforts of China's computer operation in peacetime are mainly concentrated on collecting intelligence against U.S. targets and Chinese dissident groups overseas," he said.

The ticking report the findings of Northrop Grumman Corp., a leading Pentagon contractors, which meant that the Chinese government is engaged in widespread anti-US cyber activities.

It omitted any description of the techniques used in forensic cyber espionage.

A study by Northrop Grumman was prepared for the committee and was published in October. He argues that Beijing seems to be making a "campaign of prolonged operation and sophisticated computer networks" against the government and defense industries United States.