Kacper Pempel/Reuters Security software company Symantec revealed Tuesday that a hacking campaign based in China had burrowed into satellite operators, defense contractors and telecom companies in the US and southeast Asia. The company said the hackers were driven by national espionage goals, which include intercepting military and civilian communications. The hackers also infected the computers that control the satellites, meaning they could have changed the positions of orbiting devices and disrupted data traffic if they wanted to. A sophisticated hacking campaign launched from computers in China burrowed deeply into satellite operators, defense contractors and telecommunications companies in the United States and southeast Asia, security researchers at Symantec Corp said on Tuesday. Symantec said the effort appeared to be driven by national espionage goals, such as the interception of military and civilian communications.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: The world is running out of sand — and there's a black market for it nowSee Also:Twitter is making more room for major events and news storiesQualcomm executive denies reports that it will abandon its data center businessYoung people are ditching Facebook for news and using WhatsApp insteadSEE ALSO: A prison technology company has a way to track almost any cell phone in the United States — and it reportedly just got hacked
Hackers In China Infected Computers That Control Satellites In The Us And Asia
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