US Department of Defense hit by Chinese security takeaway

Sykipot is not a new Trojan Horse by any means, but the variation found to be attacking Department of Defense smart cards is certainly something that government agencies need to be worried about.

United States government agencies, that is. It's doubtful the Chinese government will be too worried about them, considering that the Sykipot-led attacks against these US government agencies would appear to be originating from China itself.

Security specialist AlienVault has uncovered evidence that the attacks might...