Cyberwarfare by China

Cyberwarfare orchestrated by China.

2010
In December 2010, a cyberattack on Google Inc computers hit the company's password system that millions of people worldwide use to access almost all of the company's Web services. The closely-guarded program is considered a crown jewel at Google, enabling users and employees to sign in with their password only once to operate various services including e-mail and business applications. Google disclosed the hacking on January 12, 2011, when on its website it reported having detected "a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google." The Mountain View, California-based company said the attack appeared to target Chinese human rights activists, and that only two Gmail accounts appeared to have been accessed.

2013
In May 2013, the Federal Opposition appears to have confirmed a Four Corners report revealing that ASIO was successfully targeted by Chinese hackers. Classified blueprints of the new ASIO headquarters in Canberra, Australia, were stolen in a cyber hit orchestrated from a Chinese server. The departments of Defence, Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Foreign Affairs and Trade had all been breached in sustained hacking operations.

2019
In 2019, the internal Navy review conducted an assessment to determine that the U.S. Navy and its industry partners are “under cyber siege” by Chinese hackers "and others" who have stolen national security secrets in recent years, exploiting critical weaknesses that threaten the U.S.’s standing as the world’s top military power.