US National Lab Hacked, Suspected Chinese Hackers

Computer systems at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, USA, are suspected of being hacked by Chinese hackers, which may lead to the leakage of data of thousands of visitors to the laboratory. The personal data affected include names, dates of birth, and social security numbers, etc. In addition to Oak Ridge, national laboratories in other parts of the USA, such as the famous Los Alamos in New Mexico and Lawrence Livermore in California, have also become targets of attack. This follows a warning from Britain's MI5 that banking, accounting, and legal firms in London were targeted by Chinese hackers.............