【新唐人2013年02月04日讯】最近，西方各大媒体包括《纽约时报》、《华尔街日报》、《华盛顿邮报》、和《彭博社》等纷纷报告说，受到来自中国的“网路黑客”攻击。而黑客攻击的主要目地在于监控西方媒体对中国的报导。美国欧巴马政府因应越来越多的美国媒体、企业及政府机构遭到来自中国黑客的攻击，正着手出台更强硬的举措予以应对。
美国《华盛顿邮报》1月31号刊登的一篇文章说，从去年10月25号开始的几个月时间里，每天北京时间早上8点左右，黑客们就开始进入《纽约时报》的电脑系统翻找东西，他们每天“工作”的时间差不多有8小时。
虽然中共政府和军方以“黑客行为无法追踪源头”为借口，否认攻击行动跟他们有关。但专家指出，这些黑客来自中国，并且是由中共政府系统组织。
“纽约城市大学”政治学教授夏明表示，美国其实已经在跟中国打一场“网络战争”。
纽约城市大学政治学教授夏明：“第一，他们的范围规模如此之大，第二，他针对的西方媒体地位如此之高。目前美国网络安全和联邦调查局得到的各种上千种不同的信息分析，他们得出的结论，所有这些攻击都来自中国，而且是由中国政府系统组织的，中国现在在组织一场对美国基本的社会、经济，和政治体系，发起一场网络战争。”
重庆异议人士张起：“当今世界上能够动用这样大规模，越过法律，动用这样大规模的黑客对西方主流媒体进行攻击的，有这样的技术，有这样财力的，恐怕就是为数不多的几个专制国家。北韩估计没有这样的实力，古巴可能也没有。最大的可能还是中共。”
两位匿名的美国前政府官员2月1号向媒体透露，欧巴马政府正在准备一项新的国家安全情报评估报告。报告将详细说明美国受到的网络威胁，尤其是来自中国的网络威胁。预计报告将把网络威胁定性为“经济与安全问题”。
这项评估报告由美国国家情报委员会起草，将制定更强硬的措施。可能的措施中包括﹕威胁取消中国某种特定签证，或将重大的采购中国物资计划，提交国家安全机构严格审查。
夏明表示，最早在两年前，国务卿希拉里•克林顿专门发布一个“网络自由宣言”。在宣言里，她说，网络自由是继罗斯福的四大自由之后最重要的自由。美国要不惜一切努力捍卫保护和促进这个自由。另外最近美国政府作出了几个大的举动。
夏明：“一个是网络宣言发布之后，美国加强了对网络安全各种协调和投入。比如美国召开了由国家安全委员会来协调的网络安全会议，把美国大公司汇集在一起，协调他们的防范和安全。联邦调查局也对美国国内各种涉及到中国人权各方面组织和个人受到的攻击，在进行系统的收集材料，整理和调查。”
另外，上个星期，美国国防部招募上千名网络安全人员，并且把他们的目标扩大到所有的黑客队伍中，希望这些黑客能够为美国安全服务。
与此同时，一个名为“国际匿名”的黑客组织成员发出誓言，一定要拉垮中共的网路“防火长城”。
夏明：“现在网络在中国老百姓中的使用越来越广。无论网络微博，还是中国老百姓翻墙上网，基本上在中国虚拟空间，在全球连成一体的空间里面，形成一个新的公共舆论。虽然中共政府尽管现在可以掌控手里的公共行政和官员一级，但是对公共舆论基本已经失控。”
夏明相信，网络将积聚和鼓动中国民心，同时成为一个新的平台，能够把中国人民与全球连为一体。他说，尽管一些技术被中共掌握来镇压老百姓，延长它的统治，但是如果全球尤其美国有这个觉醒，网络技术将成为中共政权垮台的致命关键部位。
采访编辑/秦雪 后制/钟元
Western Media Hacked by CCP: China-US Cyber War?
Recently, western news media including New York Times,
Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Bloomberg News,
all reported that their computers had been attacked
by Chinese hackers.
Monitoring western media’s reports on China affairs
is believed to be one of the main purposes of the attacks.
As more and more American media, corporations and
governmental agencies become victims of Chinese hackers,
the Obama administration is preparing to take
stronger measures against these cyber attacks.
On Jan 31, the Washington Post published an article,
which revealed that since Oct 25, 2012,
hackers broke into the computer network of
New York Times at around 8 am (Beijing Time) every day.
Their daily “work” last about 8 hours for each attack.
The Chinese Communist Party’ (CCP) government
denied it was behind those attacks saying “cyber attacks have transnational and anonymous characteristics.”
Yet, experts believe those hackers are indeed from China,
and their attacks were organized by the CCP authorities.
Xia Ming, professor of political science at New York City
University, remarked that the United States is already in a cyber war with the CCP.
Xia Ming, professor, New York City University: ”Firstly,
the attacks are wide in range and large in magnitude.
Secondly, the targeted media are the most renowned ones
in western countries.
After analyzing thousands of various groups of information,
the FBI’s cyber branch reached the conclusion,
that all those attacks were from China,
and were organized by the CCP government.
The CCP is trying to start a cyber war against the social,
economic, and political system of the United States.”
Zhang Qi, dissident from Chongqing: ”In the world today,
the only ones that can bypass the law meanwhile have the technological and financial capabilities,
to organize such a large-scale cyber attack
against western media.
And they are the few dictatorship regimes.
North Korea hardly has the necessary resources to do that.
Neither does Cuba. So CCP is the most reasonable suspect.”
Two anonymous former US officials revealed to media
on Feb 1st, that the Obama administration is preparing a new report on National Intelligence Estimate.
The report will present the network threats against US,
especially those from China in detail.
It is speculated, the report will define a network attack
as an “economic and national security issue.”
The estimate report is drafted by the National Intelligence
Council (NIC), which will take stronger measures against CCP’s cyber attacks.
Possible moves include blocking some specific types
of visa against China,
or submitting projects that make large purchases from China
to national security agencies for stricter inspection.
Xia Ming said, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
made declarations on Internet freedom two years ago.
In her statement, Clinton said that Internet freedom
is the most important one following the famous Four Freedoms presented by Franklin Roosevelt.
The United States will spare no efforts
to protect and boost Internet freedom.
Xia also mentioned several moves recently made
by the US government.
Xia Ming: “Firstly, since the declaration of Internet freedom,
the US government had enhanced inputs and coordination work on cyber safety.
For example, the National Security Council held meetings
about Internet safety which gathered major US companies to coordinate their protection work.
In addition, FBI has also been collecting materials
to investigate domestic cyber attacks against organizations and individuals involving China’s human rights issues.”
Last week, US Defense Department recruited
thousands as network security staffs.
In addition, they extended their target into hackers groups,
hoping they’ll contribute to the US security protection too.
Meanwhile, members of the hacker group “Anonymous”
also claimed to destroy CCP’s “Great Firewall of China.”
Xia Ming: ”More and more Chinese civilians
are using the Internet now.
By microblogging or whatever means of circumventing
Internet censorship, China’s cyber space is basically connected to the global network.
The formation of “new” public opinions
has taken place in this space.
Although the CCP authorities still have control over public
administrative agencies and their officials, it has lost control over public opinions in general.”
。
Xia Ming believes that the Internet will continue to gather
and reflect the real feelings of the Chinese people.
It also becomes a new platform which allows Chinese
to join the body of the global society.
Xia remarked, some cyber technologies are used by CCP
to suppress Chinese people and protect its regime,
however, they can also become critical in overturning CCP,
if the global society, especially the United States, comes to understand how powerful they are.
