This is an under reported story. China and Russia are conducting Cyber spying on America. This is a serious risk that needs to be discussed.

THE CYBERSPY THREAT

AMERICA needs to pay a heckuva a lot more atten tion to the cyberthreat. Now.

Sure, the Pentagon is refuting a Wall Street Journal report last week that hackers pinched loads of data on the military’s newest, high-tech fighter aircraft from contractors’ computer networks via the Internet.

But even if the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program wasn’t actually penetrated by cyberspies, it’s still a chilling wake-up call for the United States.

However, the Pentagon seems to be finally getting serious.

Government rumblings, such as Defense Secretary Robert Gates‘ creation of a Pentagon cybercommand, may hold some promise in protecting military networks, but the cyberthreat clearly exceeds that.

At least Def. Sec. Robert Gates knows this is a threat. I salute his alertness and wish the Pentagon luck.  Securing our information systems structure is vital to our security.