Revealed: How Elite Chinese Army Unit Masterminds 'Thousands' Of Hacking Attempts Against U.S. Government And Companies From This Shanghai Office Block -- Daily Mail
* Targets include aerospace, communications and energy companies
* PLA's Unit 61398 in Shanghai identified as most likely source of attacks
* Situated in banking hub and has thousands of staff proficient in English
* 'Stolen hundreds of terabytes of data from at least 141 firms since 2006'
* Claims have been made in report by U.S. cyber security firm Mandiant
* Chinese Foreign Ministry has dismissed the claims as 'groundless'
A secretive Chinese military unit is believed to be behind a series of hacking attacks on the U.S. government as well as aerospace, communications and energy companies, a report claimed today.
U.S. security firm Mandiant has identified the People's Liberation Army's Shanghai-based Unit 61398 as the most likely driving force behind hundreds, if not thousands of cyber attacks.
It said says the office block is linked to stolen technology blueprints, manufacturing processes, clinical trial results, pricing documents, negotiation strategies and other secret data from more than 100 companies.
More alarmingly, it claims the unit, known as the Comment Crew, has also made incursions into the computer networks that control oil pipelines, power grids, water plants and other pieces of key state infrastructure.
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