The hacking war between the U.S. and China is heating up.
The cyber Cold War between the U.S. and China moved from the murky confines of cyberspace into the real world after the security firm Mandiant published a report that directly implicated China's military in a host of cyber mischief.
Now the AFP is reporting that China's military had some help from researchers at Shanghai Jiatong University, one of China's top universities. It appears university researchers teamed with members of China's hacking unit to explore ways to break into computer systems and detect against outside intrusions.
For its part, the U.S. has been beefing up its own cyber capabilities. The Pentagon is expanding its cyber-security force five-fold and the Department of Homeland Security is now trying to lure high school-age hackers to consider plying their trade for Uncle Sam.
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