FOX News: Chinese infiltrated top U.S. weapons systems, confidential report claims

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Chinese infiltrated top U.S. weapons systems, confidential report claims May 28th 2013, 13:20 Published May 28, 2013 FoxNews.com The cover of a Defense Science Board report, Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat, that details various U.S. defense weapon systems that have been compromised by Chinese hackers.FoxNews.com / Department of Defense More than two dozen top weapons systems -- including the Patriot missile defense program, the V-22 Osprey, the Black Hawk helicopter and the Navy's new Littoral Combat Ship -- were compromised by a widening Chinese cyber espionage campaign, according to a new military report. A portion of the confidential Defense Science Board report, titled "Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat," was obtained by the Washington Post. The confidential portion detailed the various weapons that had been compromised. 'When I hear this in totality, it's breathtaking.' - Mark Stokes, executive director of the Project 2049 Institute think tank It includes the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the most expensive weapons system ever built at $1.4 trillion, the Post reported. Experts questioned about the breach were astounded by the scale of the espionage. "That's staggering," said Mark Stokes, executive director of the Project 2049 Institute, a think tank that focuses on Asia security issues. "These are all very critical weapons systems, critical to our national security. When I hear this in totality, it's breathtaking." The report stopped short of saying that China stole the designs, but senior military officials with knowledge of the breaches told the paper that the vast majority of the compromises were the result of a growing Chinese espionage campaign against U.S. defense contractors and government agencies. "The Department of Defense has growing concerns about the global threat to economic and national security from persistent cyber-intrusions," a spokesman for the Pentagon told the Post. He said they were "aimed at the theft of intellectual property, trade secrets and commercial data, which threatens the competitive edge of U.S. businesses like those in the Defense Industrial Base." Related Stories Astronaut packs for 'creative' space station trip Plans for Australia spy HQ hacked by China, report claims Potentially lethal gamma-ray could hit earth

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