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The Untold Story: How China Rerouted Web Traffic to Steal US Secrets

A woman uses her phone to snap an image of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor, a major internet node in China. (Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty Images)

By    |   Wednesday, 14 November 2018 12:41 PM EST

Chinese operatives have surreptitiously rerouted vast swathes of U.S. internet traffic into China so they can copy or alter it before forwarding it on to its proper destination, sources confirm.

The Chinese ruse was only recently detected after two and a half years of operation.

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Chinese operatives have surreptitiously rerouted vast swathes of U.S. internet traffic into China so they can copy or alter it before forwarding it on to its proper destination, sources confirm.The Chinese ruse was only recently detected after two and a half years of...
china telecom, cyber theft, president obama, president xi, bgp hijacking
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