HILLARY CLINTON ACCUSES CHINA OF HACKING U.S COMPUTERS

HILLARY CLINTON ACCUSES CHINA OF

 HACKING U.S COMPUTERS

Hillary Clinton ,U.S. Democratic presidential candidate accused China on Saturday of stealing commercial secrets and "huge amounts of government information," and of trying to "hack into everything that doesn't move in America."Ms. Clinton's language on China appeared to be far stronger than that usually used by President Barack Obama's Democratic administration.Speaking at a campaign event in New Hampshire, Ms. Clinton said she wanted to see China's peaceful rise."But we also have to be fully vigilant, China's military is growing very quickly, they're establishing military installations that again threaten countries we have treaties with, like the Philippines because they are building on contested property," said Ms. Clinton, who was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.

"They're also trying to hack into everything that doesn't move in America. Stealing commercial secrets ... from defense contractors, stealing huge amounts of government information, all looking for an advantage," she said.Ms. Clinton is the front-runner to win the Democratic nomination for the November 2016 presidential election.In the most recent case involving suspicions of Chinese hacking, Obama administration officials have said China is the top suspect in the massive hacking of a U.S. government agency that compromised the personnel records of at least 4.2 million current and former government workers.China has denied hacking into the computers of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Prof. John Kurakar