FireEye: China still spies on U.S. companies, but maybe less

The United States and China forged an agreement last year not to conduct cyber espionage against corporations, but it seems pretty likely that groups based in China have continued to do so. However, it might not all be the fault of the government there, according to a report from security company FireEye.

Of 72 groups that FireEye suspects of operating in China or in China’s interests, 13 of them compromised corporate networks in the U.S., Europe and Japan between last fall – when the agreement was reached – and this month, according the report, “Redline Drawn: China Recalculates Its Use of Cyber Espionage”.

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Network World Tim Greene