Good evening. America’s computer systems are under attack every day, and according to US intelligence officials, China is the principal attacker. Every day, they say, hackers are trying to get into the systems that keep the economy running, that allow people to communicate, that give the military its ability to operate in all corners of the world. And they say the US government is so concerned, it’s creating a new strategy to fight the new cyber war. Our Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross is here. Brian?
Charlie, after a series of high-level meetings this month, the White House is now preparing a new initiative to protect against what it fears could be a crippling attack against this country by computer from overseas, and in particular, from China. White House advisors say it was this June in Washington when the alarm bells really went off. Chinese hackers got into the unclassified computers of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
-- The intelligence community has come to the recognition that China and other foreign governments have free run of American computer networks. The concern is that the attacks could shut downpower grids, communication systems, and banking with just a few keystrokes from Beijing. -- Basically, we would find the lights go out, the dial tone stop and uh… we have no ability to access our money.
Internet security companies such as Akamai in Boston now track thousands of attacks against US government and corporate computer systems every day. on most days, like today, the single biggest source of attacks is China. -- A Chinese general has talked about how they would reach out through cyberspace and turn off the American electric power grid before any conflict with the United States.
In addition to long-distance hacking, US experts are also concerned that Chinese-made computer equipment has been sabotaged in ways that are undetectable, the so-called Trojan horse attack. -- My fear is that there are uh… many, many Trojan horses, many, many pieces of malicious code in a large amount... number of our critical systems, and that these are just waiting to be activated through some trigger at some time.
China has denied its military hacked into US computers. But US officials say they have tracked so many thousands of attacks that there is no way they could occur without official approval given China’s tight control of the Internet use there, Charlie.
※ under ~ : ~하에 있는, ~ 중인, ~를 받고 있는 under consideration 고려중인 under deliberation 심의중인, 심리중인 under construction 공사중인, 건설 중인 under investigation 수사를 받고 있는 under an embargo 수출입 금지하에 있는 under pressure 압력을 받고 있는, 압박(감)을 받고 있는 under control 통제하에 있는, 장악되어 있는 under obligation 의무하에 있는 under fire[attack] 공격을 받고 있는 under the direction of~ : ~의 지휘[지시]하에 있는 under watch 감시를 받고 있는
intelligence : 지능 , 지성 , 첩보 기관 , 정보 수집 corner : 구석진 곳 , 외딴곳 , 변두리 * all the (four) corners of the earth [world] 세계의 구석구석 * from the four corners of the world 세계 도처로 부터 initiative : 1. An initiative is an important act, plan, or statement that is intended to solve a problem 2. 솔선, 주도권, 선제, 기선 ex.There's talk of a new peace initiative. * take the initiative : 솔선해서 하다, 주도하다, 주도권을 잡다 cripple : 불구자 (an offensive word for someone who is physically disabled, especially someone who is unable to walk)( 일반적 으로 the disable 이나 the handicapped 가 더 완곡적 표현 ), 절름발이 , 병신으로 만들다 , 절름거리게 하다 , 무능 [ 무력 ] 하게 하다 . * crippling : causing someone to be physically disabled, especially unable to walk; causing a lot of pain or other health problems go off : 폭발하다 , 발사되다 , 알람 따위가 울리다 , 화를 버럭 내다 , ( 전 기 . 난방 따위가 ) 나가다 ex. The firecracker went off. 폭죽이 터졌다 . ex. The gun went off while he was cleaning it. 총이 발포되었다 . ex. Then the fire alarm went off. I just grabbed my clothes and ran out. /ex. I was just lying in bed waiting for the alarm to go off. ex. He just went off on her for no apparent reason. ex. All the lights in the building suddenly went off. classify : 등급으로 나누다 , < 정보 문서 등을 > 기밀 등급 에 따라서 나누다 , 기밀 취급하다 * classified 분류된 , 기밀의 ex. classify someone/something according to something: In the study families are classified according to their incomes. ex. classify someone/something into something: The specimens were then classified into four groups. ex. classify something as something: These cows are now classified as a rare breed. unclassified : 분류[구분]되지 않은, 기밀 취급되지 않는 intelligence community : 정보[첩 보]공동체(미국내 15개 공식 정보기관들 간의 집합체) run : 출입[사용]의 자유 ex. I had the run of the library. shut down : 폐쇄시키다 , 폐쇄되다 , ( 컴퓨터나 기계가 ) 작동 을 멈추다 , 작동을 멈추게하다 * shutdown : ( 공장 등의 ) 일시 휴업 [ 폐쇄 ], 조업 정지 power grid : 배전망 * grid ( 가스·수도 등의 ) 배관망 , 도로망 , 송전망 , 방송망. keystroke : (타자기·컴퓨터 등의) 키치기, (타자기 등의) 키를 치다 access : ~ 에 접근하는 길 , ( 물건을 ) 이용 [ 입수 ] 하는 기회 , ( 남에게의 ) 접근 , 면회 ( 의 기회 ), ~ 에 접근하다 , 입수 [ 이용 ] 하다 * accessible : ( 장소·사람 등이 ) 접근하기 쉬운 , 출입할 수 있 는 , 면접하기 쉬운 ex. Access to up-to-date financial information is important to our success. ex. gain access: Some groups still have difficulty gaining access to the information. ex. She's one of a handful of aides with direct access to the president. ex. There is easy access to the countryside by rail. track : 철도 선로 , 궤도 , 지나간 자취 , 추적하다 , (~ 의 ) 뒤를 쫓다 , ( 흔적 등을 더듬어 ) 찾아내다 * track down : ( 흔적 등을 더듬어 ) 찾아내다 , 추적하다 ex. track down a criminal 범인을 추적하여 잡다. reach out : 1. 손을 뻗다 2. to offer help to someone 3. to ask someone for help ex. She reached out to touch his face. ex. We are reaching out to the most vulnerable members of the community. ex. She urged him to reach out to his family. conflict : 충돌 , 상충 , 대립 , 마찰 , 불일치 , 충돌하다 (with), 모순되다 (with) ex. conflict of interest(s) 이해의 상충 / ex. Our interests conflict with theirs. 우리의 이해는 그들의 이해와 상충된다 ex. come into conflict (with) ( 와 ) 싸우다 ; 충돌 [ 상충 ] 하다 sabotage : 사보타주(쟁의중인 노동자의 생산 방해 행위), 파괴, 방해, ~에 대해 사보타주를 하다, (고의로) ~을 파괴[방해]하다. undetectable : 찾아낼 수 없는, 탐지할 수 없는 malicious : 악의 있는 , 심술궂은, 악성의 an accident waiting to happen : a situation likely to cause an accident ex. An ageing nuclear reactor is an accident waiting to happen. / ex. They're an accident waiting to happen. ex. The country is a civil war waiting to happen: Shiite Arabs in the south, Sunni Arabs in west and central Iraq, Sunni Kurds in the north. activate : ~을 작동시키다, ~을 활성화하다 trigger : 방아쇠 , 방아쇠를 당기다 , ~ 을 촉발하다 , ~ 을 유발하 다 given : 주어진 , 정해진 , 기정의 , 지정된, ~ 을 고려하면 , ~ 가 주어진다면 ex. meet at a given time and place 약속된 시간과 장소에서 만나다 / ex. within a given period 일정 기간 내에 * any given moment 아무때나 , 항시 ex. on any given morning more than 100 million Americans reach for a cup of coffee. ex. Given their inexperience, they've done a good job. = Given that they're inexperienced, they've done a good job. ex. Given the same treatment again, he is sure to get well. 다시 한 번 그 치료를 더 받는다면 그는 반드시 회복될 것이다.