Enter the Cyber-dragon
By Michael Joseph Gross, Brad Holland
Published: 2011-08-02 · Archived: 2026-04-05 21:19:30 UTC
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National Security
September 2011 Issue
Hackers have attacked America’s defense establishment, as well as companies from Google to Morgan Stanley to
security giant RSA, and fingers point to China as the culprit. The author gets an exclusive look at the raging
cyber-war—Operation Aurora! Operation Shady rat!—and learns why Washington has been slow to fight back.
Related: Michael Joseph Gross goes inside Operation Shady rat.
August 2, 2011
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