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Report: Chinese Hackers Pinch Advanced Weapons Designs

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STIX ID: report--f333d9c1-fadb-5cdc-a9e7-81a69842511a

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
95/100

Date Published: 2013-05-28

Date Updated: 2026-05-08

Author: Paul Roberts

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A Washington Post story, citing a classified Defense Science Board report, alleges that Chinese hackers compromised networks of defense contractors and subcontractors and exfiltrated design data for over two dozen major U.S. weapons systems—including Patriot, THAAD, Aegis, F/A-18, V-22 Osprey, Black Hawk, and the Littoral Combat Ship—giving the PLA a significant intelligence and modernization advantage and echoing earlier long-running intrusions against U.S. military networks.

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