美國專家預測中國下一批網絡攻擊目標
US security services and cyber security specialists are scouring China’s latest five-year plan for clues to which US companies might become the next targets of Chinese hacking attacks.
美國安全部門和網絡安全專家正在細讀中國最新的五年規劃，從中尋找哪些美國企業可能成爲中國下一批黑客攻擊目標的線索。
China’s last five-year plan highlighted energy, healthcare, steel and other sectors as focuses of its major initiatives from 2011 to 2015.
中國的上一個五年規劃將2011年至2015年期間的發展重點確定爲能源、醫療、鋼鐵等行業。
In the same period, companies such as health insurer Anthem, US Steel, Westinghouse Electric and medical device group Medtronic suffered what are believed by Washington officials to be state-sponsored hacks by China.
在此期間，醫療保險公司Anthem、美國鋼鐵公司(US Steel)、西屋電氣(Westinghouse Electric)、以及醫療器械集團美敦力(Medtronic)遭到了美國官員認爲有中國政府撐腰的黑客攻擊。
“To China, gaining knowledge about seed technology or medical devices are matters of national security,” an FBI official said. “So it’s not seen as stealing the way we see it. That’s why everything is fair game to them and why companies active in sectors mentioned in the five-year plans have to be extra vigilant.”
“對中國來說，獲取關於種子技術或醫療器械的知識是國家安全問題，”美國聯邦調查局(FBI)一名官員表示，“因此，此類行爲不被視爲我們所認爲的偷竊。這就是爲什麼在他們看來一切都是合理目標，爲什麼活躍於五年規劃所提到的行業的企業必須格外警惕。”
The latest plan covering 2016 to 2020 focuses on modernising the military and improving green technology, including defence stealth technology, renewable energy and innovation .
最新的五年規劃涵蓋2016年至2020年，側重於軍事現代化和改進綠色技術，包括軍用隱形技術、可再生能源和創新。
“There’s a direct connection between the sectors highlighted in China’s five-year plans and the businesses that suffer breaches in the US,” said Peter LaMontagne, chief executive of big data analytics group Novetta and a US diplomat in Beijing during the 1990s. “If it’s a priority for China, it should be a priority for US companies to protect themselves.”
“中國五年規劃所提到的行業與美國遭遇攻擊的企業之間存在直接關聯，”大數據分析公司Novetta首席執行官、上世紀90年代曾爲美國駐北京外交官的彼得·拉蒙塔涅(Peter LaMontagne)表示，“如果這是中國的優先事項，那就應該是美國企業自我保護的優先事項。”
China still relies on adapting technology and best practices from overseas for development. Beijing’s new plan will launch during one of the slowest periods of growth in decades, which might encourage more cyber espionage, security experts say.
中國在發展方面仍然依靠借鑑海外的技術和最佳實踐。安全專家們表示，北京方面的新規劃將在幾十年來經濟增長最慢的時期之一投入實施，這可能會鼓勵更多的網絡間諜活動。
Tom Kellermann, chief cyber security officer for Trend Micro, said the sectors that have been targeted by China have been severely hurt because companies benefiting from the breaches have been able to copy or improve products based on stolen data and then undercut US rivals in pricing.
趨勢科技公司(Trend Micro)首席網絡安全官湯姆·凱勒曼(Tom Kellermann)表示，此前被中國瞄準的行業遭受了嚴重損害，因爲獲益於這些黑客攻擊的中國企業能夠在被竊數據的基礎上仿製或改進產品，然後再定價上勝過美國競爭對手。
