Internet Traffic Was Routed via Chinese Servers

Internet Traffic Was Routed via Chinese Servers: "Internet Traffic Was Routed via Chinese Servers
Tuesday, 16 Nov 2010 08:38 AM
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By Shaun Waterman

Nearly 15 percent of the world's Internet traffic, including that of many U.S. government and military sites, was briefly redirected through computer servers in China in April, according to a congressional commission report due out this week.

It is not clear whether the incident was deliberate, but the capability could enable severe malicious activities including the diversion of data and the interception of supposedly secure encrypted Internet traffic, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission states in a report to Congress.

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