Spies breach Pentagon fighter-jet project

• Source: The Global Times
• [23:34 April 21 2009]
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Citing current and former government officials, The Wall Street Journal said cyber-intruders were able to copy several terabytes of data on the 300-billion-dollar Joint Strike Fighter project, which may make it easier to defend against the aircraft, also known as the F-35 Lightning II.

The officials said similar breaches were recorded at the US Air Force's air traffic-control system in recent months, while the Journal had also reported earlier that spies hacked into computers used to manage the US electrical distribution system and other infrastructure.