Alan Paller, director of research at SANS Institute, a computer-security organization, said Monday that a major law firm in New York was hacked into in early 2008 in an attack that originated in China.
U.S. officials have been cautious about publicly linking cyber attacks to China. But recent government reports have described computer attacks believed to have originated in China, although it is unclear if the intrusions were conducted by, or with the endorsement of, any element of the Chinese government. As is often the case with cyber crime, Paller said it is difficult to tell whether hackers were working on behalf of the country’s government, located in that country, or simply routing computer traffic through that country.
While some computer network attacks may be linked to countries such as China, in some cases they now can be orchestrated by independent cyber crime groups.
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