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Chinese hackers hit Council on Foreign Relations News Washington Free Beacon by: Bill Gertz Thursday, December 27, 2012 Computer hackers traced to China carried out an advanced cyberespionage attack against the website of the Council on Foreign Relations. Photo Credit:AP Computer hackers traced to China carried out an advanced cyberespionage attack against one of America’s most elite foreign policy web groups – the website of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). According to private computer-security forensic specialists, the hacking incident involved a relatively new type of ploy called a “drive-by” website cyber attack that was detected around 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The specialists, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the attack involved penetrating the computer server that operates the New York City-based CFR’s website and then using the pirated computer syste...

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