An anonymous reader writes "US Warns Americans Of Chinese Cyber-Spying. The CBS Evening NewsVideo (8/7, story 2, 2:20, Mitchell, 7.66M) reported, "China has spared no expense in providing physical security" for the Olympics, "but cyber-security is a different story. On that front, Americans are being told to watch out." CBS (Orr) added, "US intelligence officials have issued a strong warning that Americans traveling overseas, particularly visitors to the Olympics in China, face a serious risk of having sensitive information stolen. The travel alert is blunt: 'All information you send electronically — by fax machine, personal digital assistant, computer, or telephone — can be intercepted.'" National Counterintelligence Executive Joel Brenner: "Somebody with a wireless device in China should expect it to be compromised while he's there. The public security services in China can turn your telephone on and activate its microphone when you think it's off." CBS noted that China "is one of a number of countries pushing active cyber espionage programs, primarily aimed at cracking US national security computers and stealing corporate trade secrets. Billions have already been lost." Brenner warned that the US is "giving advice based on a pattern that is relentless and ongoing of what we see as information theft.""
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