Siobhan Gorman

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House Passes Cybersecurity Bill

Siobhan Gorman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 27 at 9:05 am PT

Congress moved toward gridlock over how to improve the security of the nation’s computer networks when the House of Representatives approved a measure opposed by the White House and at odds with Senate efforts on the issue.

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Chinese Hackers Suspected In Long-Term Nortel Breach

Siobhan Gorman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 14 at 12:45 am PT

For nearly a decade, hackers enjoyed widespread access to the corporate computer network of Nortel Networks Ltd., a once-giant telecommunications firm now fallen on hard times.

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China Hackers Hit U.S. Chamber

Siobhan Gorman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on December 21, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

A group of hackers in China breached the computer defenses of America’s top business-lobbying group and gained access to everything stored on its systems, according to several people familiar with the matter.

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U.S. Probe Ties Chinese Cyberspying to Military

Siobhan Gorman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 12, 2011 at 3:27 pm PT

U.S. intelligence agencies have pinpointed many of the Chinese groups responsible for cyberspying in the U.S., and most are sponsored by the Chinese military, according to people who have been briefed on a U.S. intelligence investigation.

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China Singled Out for Cyberspying

Siobhan Gorman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on November 4, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

The U.S. government accused the Chinese of being the world’s “most active and persistent” perpetrators of economic spying, an unusual move designed to spur stronger U.S. and international action to combat rampant industrial espionage threatening U.S. economic growth.

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Cyberwar Plan Has New Focus on Deterrence

Julian E. Barnes and Siobhan Gorman, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Enterprise on July 15, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

The military must move from defending against major cyberattacks to deterring assaults by letting enemies know the U.S. is willing to retaliate with its own virtual weapons or military force, a top general said Thursday.

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Inside the Anonymous Army of “Hacktivist” Attackers

Cassell Bryan-Low and Siobhan Gorman, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 23, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

In this sleepy Dutch town last December, police burst into the bedroom of 19-year-old Martijn Gonlag as he hurriedly pulled on jeans over his boxer shorts. He was hauled away on suspicion of taking part in cyber attacks by the online group calling itself Anonymous.