Chinese IT Firm Accused of Links to Cyberwarfare

In the past 10 years, Beijing-based Venus Info Tech has become the dominant provider of information technology (IT) network security to the Chinese intelligence and military community.


It also has been accused of providing hacker services that help the Chinese government penetrate foreign government computer networks. Sources also accuse Venus of helping Beijing build the “great firewall of China,” by developing software to monitor and control the domestic Internet.


Finally, Venus has operating agreements with Microsoft and other non-Chinese firms, which Western observers say may help Beijing find vulnerabilities in other governments’ networks. [Defense News]