This book is the first to gather the salient information regarding the use of cyber warfare doctrine by the People’s Republic of China to promote its own hegemonistic, national self-interests and enforce its political, military and economic will on other nation states. The threat of Chinese Cyberwarfare can no longer be ignored. It is a clear and present danger to the experienced and innocent alike and will be economically, societally and culturally changing and damaging for the nations that are targeted.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Foreword
• Preface
• About The Author
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Introduction
• Glossary
  • Cyberwarfare Definitions
  • Types of Hacker
  • Information Warfare Elements
• Chapter 1: The Chinese Cyberthreat
  • Statistics of the Cyberwarfare Threat
  • Statistics of the Chinese Cyberwarfare Threat
  • Conclusions about the Chinese Cyberthreat
• Chapter 2: Evolution of Chinese Cyberwarfare
  • Overview of the Attackers
  • Communist Party of China (CPC)
  • People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
  • State-owned Enterprises (SOE)
  • Civilian Hackers (Hacktivists)
  • Motivation of the People’s Republic of China
  • History & Origins of Information Warfare in the People’s Republic of China
  • An Overview of Chinese Cyberwarfare
  • China’s “Cyber Command”
• Chapter 3: Chinese Unrestricted Warfare
  • War Without Limits
  • Eight Principles of Chinese Unrestricted Warfare
  • The Challenge of Information Warfare
• Chapter 4: Principles of Warfare - West versus East
  • Warfare - Mapping East to West
  • “On War” - Carl Von Clausewitz 1780-1831 A.D
  • “The Art of War” - Sun Tzu 544 - 496 B.C
  • Principles of Chinese Cyberwarfare
  • The PLA’s
  • Chinese Information War Theory and Implementation
• Chapter 5: Nature of Information Warfare
• Chapter 6: Chinese Cyberwarfare Doctrines
  • Chinese Cyberwarfare Doctrinal Development
  • The “Three Warfares” concept
  • Assassin’s Mace Programs
  • Major General Dai Qingmin’s Cyberwar
  • Conclusions
  • Rules of Engagement: PLA’s Information Dominance
• Chapter 7: China’s SIGINT Capabilities
  • The PLA SIGINT ground stations
  • Chinese PLA Electronic warfare
• Chapter 8: Chinese IW Capabilities
  • Assessing China’s IW Capabilities
• Chapter 9: The Chinese IW Organizational Structure
  • Key PLA Departments: Integrated Network Electronic Warfare
  • Technical Reconnaissance Bureaus (TRB)
  • Military Branch Technical Reconnaissance Bureaus (MB TRB)
  • Second Artillery Corps (SAC)
  • Military Region (MR TRB)
  • Shényáng Military Region
  • General Staff Department Fourth Department
  • PLA Information Warfare Militia Units
  • Ministry of State Security
  • (MID) Second Department - Intelligence
  • (MID) Third Department - Intelligence
  • Eleventh Bureau - Electronic Computers Bureau
  • PLA Information Engineering University
• Chapter 10: Chinese Commercial Enterprises
  • The PRC’s Economic Leadership
  • What is a Chinese State-owned Enterprise (SOE)?
  • China’s SOEs
  • Western Perspectives on Chinese SOEs
  • China and Africa
  • Chinese Telecommunications Companies in Africa
  • Rare Earth Minerals (REM)
  • Network Security & Chinese Telco Manufacturers
  • Conclusions about Chinese SOEs & the Cyberthreat
• Chapter 11: Commercial Objectives of Chinese Cyberattacks
  • China: industry infiltration or data exfiltration?
  • Commercial Victims of Chinese Cyberattacks?
  • “Operation Ghost Net”
  • “Shadows in the Cloud”
  • “Operation Aurora”
  • Google, Inc
  • “Night Dragon”
  • Multi-National Energy Companies
  • “Operation Shady RAT”
  • Apple®
  • Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Products
  • International Governments
  • Germany
  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Conclusions
• Chapter 12: Chinese Civilian Hackers
  • Chinese Cybermilitias
  • Chinese Cybersecurity Professionals
• Chapter 13: The Chinese Cyberthreat: Conclusions
  • Computer Security Reference Materials
  • Conclusions
  • Recommendations for Next Steps
  • Cybertargeting: People’s Republic of China
  • Short-term moves
  • Long-term moves
• Appendix A: China & the Internet – A history
  • Development of the Internet & Usage Statistics in the People’s Republic of China
  • Basic Principles & Practices of Chinese Internet Admin
  • Chinese Internet Regulatory Organizations
  • Important Timeline of Internet Censorship & Content Control in China
  • China’s Golden Shield
  • Green Dam
• Appendix B: Chinese Cyberactivism in the Spotlight
  • History of Chinese Cyberwarfare Attacks
• Appendix C: China’s Informization Campaign
• Appendix D: General Wang Pufeng’s Challenge of Information Warfare
• Appendix E: “Through the Night of the Lantern”
• Appendix F: Chinese Hacker Website Resources
• Appendix G: Huawei’s Statement on Establishing a Global Cybersecurity Assurance System
• Appendix H: PLA’s National Defense University and China’s Cyberwar Preparations
• ITG Resources
• Bibliography