Titan Rain was the designation given by the federal government of the United States to a series of coordinated attacks on American computer systems since 2003; they were known to have been ongoing for at least three years.[1] The attacks were labeled as Chinese in origin, although their precise nature, e.g., state-sponsored espionage, corporate espionage, or random hacker attacks, and their real identities – masked by proxy, zombie computer, spyware/virus infected – remain unknown. The activity known as "Titan Rain" is believed to be associated with an Advanced Persistent Threat.
In early December 2005 the director of the SANS Institute, a security institute in the United States, said that the attacks were "most likely the result of Chinese military hackers attempting to gather information on U.S. systems."[2]
Titan Rain hackers gained access to many United States defense contractor computer networks who were targeted for their sensitive information,[1] including those at Lockheed Martin, Sandia National Laboratories, Redstone Arsenal, and NASA.
See also[]
- Shawn Carpenter
- Moonlight Maze
- Operation Aurora
- Cyberwarfare
- Advanced Persistent Threat
- Computer network operations
- Stakkato
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bodmer, Kilger, Carpenter, & Jones (2012). Reverse Deception: Organized Cyber Threat Counter-Exploitation. New York: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media. ISBN 0071772499, ISBN 978-0071772495
- ↑ "Hacker attacks in US linked to Chinese military" at the Wayback Machine (archived December 22, 2006)
External links[]
- Graham, Bradley (2005-08-25). "Hackers Attack Via Chinese Web Sites". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/24/AR2005082402318.html.
- Espiner, Tom (2005-11-23). "Security experts lift lid on Chinese hack attacks". ZDNet News. Archived from the original on 2006-12-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20061211145201/http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5969516.html.
- Thornburgh, Nathan (2005-08-25). "Inside the Chinese Hack Attack". Time.com. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1098371,00.html.
- Thornburgh, Nathan (2005-08-29). "The Invasion of the Chinese Cyberspies (And the Man Who Tried to Stop Them)". Time. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1098961-1,00.html.
- Brenner, Bill. "Myfip's Titan Rain connection". 2005-08-31. http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/1120855/Myfips-Titan-Rain-connection.
- Onley, Dawn S.; Wait, Patience (2007-08-21). "Red Storm Rising". Government Computing News. http://gcn.com/articles/2006/08/17/red-storm-rising.aspx.
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