I'm curious as to why it took so long for this issue to come out in public, and why it came out in public so strongly as it did in this case.<p>Targeted attacks on specific diplomatic, economic, and infrastructure targets from China were, I thought, widely known of for the past few years.<p>China targeting Tibeten diplomatic traffic: www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-746.pdf<p>Northrop-Grumman report: <a href="http://www.uscc.gov/researchpapers/2009/NorthropGrumman_PRC_Cyber_Paper_FINAL_Approved%20Report_16Oct2009.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.uscc.gov/researchpapers/2009/NorthropGrumman_PRC_...</a><p>Also:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GhostNet" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GhostNet</a>
MI5 reports China targeting UK government in 2007: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7123970.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7123970.stm</a>