China-based Hacking Operations

Chinese and American officials said Tuesday that they're committed to bridging their differences on cybersecurity, as they held talks on the issue amid complaints over China-based hacking operations that the United States says may have already cost U.S. companies tens of billions of dollars.

Turning the tables on a China-based computer espionage gang, Canadian and United States computer security researchers have monitored a spying operation for the past eight months, observing while the intruders pilfered classified and restricted documents from the highest levels of the Indian Defence Ministry.

Chinese and American officials said Tuesday that they're committed to bridging their differences on cybersecurity, as they held talks on the issue amid complaints over China-based hacking operations that the United States says may have already cost U.S. companies tens of billions of dollars.

Turning the tables on a China-based computer espionage gang, Canadian and United States computer security researchers have monitored a spying operation for the past eight months, observing while the intruders pilfered classified and restricted documents from the highest levels of the Indian Defence Ministry.