At the time, it wasn't disclosed whether the attack was the result
of cyberespionage meant to steal top secret industry information, or simply to destroy the infrastructure.
Not exact matches
WikiLeaks published thousands
of documents purportedly taken from the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence, a dramatic release that appears to provide an eye - opening look at the intimate details
of America's
cyberespionage toolkit.
In March 1998 the Department
of Defense uncovered Moonlight Maze, a
cyberespionage campaign that penetrated computer systems at the Pentagon, the Department
of Energy, NASA, and various private universities and research labs.
Some might quibble with the characterization
of malicious hacking as warfare, preferring phrases such as «
cyberespionage» or «cyberconflict.»
The U.S., China, Russia and several other world powers pledged not to engage in
cyberespionage for economic benefit following the Group
of 20 conference last November.