Global hackers threaten net security in cyber warfare aimed at top targets, Rachel Williams, The Guardian, November 29 2007

China has spelled out in a white paper that "informationised armed forces" are part of its military strategy.
Targets include air traffic control, financial markets, government computer networks and utility providers. In September, the Guardian reported that Chinese hackers, including some believed to be from the state military, had been attacking the computer networks of British government departments, including the Foreign Office.

James Mulvenon, an expert on China's military, who is also director of the Centre for Intelligence and Research in Washington, said the Chinese were the first to jump "feet first" into 21st-century cyber-warfare technology.