Essay On Cyber Terrorism In China

Today as technology continues to advance, the growing concern of cyber terrorism has became an essential factor to the United States infrastructure and US-CERT (United States Computer Readiness Team). Presently, China is the leading force of these attacks against the United States in attempt to steal top secret information and data to improve their economy. In his article “ The code not taken: China, the United States, and the future of cyber espionage,” Adam Segal (2013) writes about the growing problems the United States have come to face with China’s attempts at hacking the United States infrastructure, military blue prints, and top secret government files. For example, China targeted defense contractors and subcontractors at the pentagon …show more content…
Segal continues, in detail of how President Obama and Chinese President Xi have had negotiations in attempt to resolve the issue. President Xi claims that China is also a victim of the attacks, but I find hard to believe if the NIE proved that China “is the most aggressive” in cyber espionage. Notwithstanding, Segal provides readers specific examples how China is very dangerous and a threat when it comes to cyber espionage; through their encoding information from the United States. This article is very reliable and has many facts that lead readers to believe that China is a growing enemy seeking power.
In Conclusion, “ The code not taken: China, the United States, and the future of cyber espionage” by Adam Segal is a very factual article that shows readers China is a growing threat to the United States because of the amount of cyber attacks. Segal explains that even though China has tried to resolve the situation with the United States numerous amount of times, they are still very untrustworthy. The conceivable impact of hacking, cyber terrorism and/or cyber espionage (whatever label you want to use) continues to be of great concern; as the great potential economic consequences are