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Been growing for weeks. >> that is why i have done and taken the steps -- >> we don't believe you. i think you're part of the problem. >> reporter: katherine archuleta in personnel management resigned late last week. but the attack was only the latest in an onslaught of cyber attacks on the u.s. government in private companies. in december the fbi accused the north korean government of the hack that led sony pictures to cancel and then make a limited release of its satirical film "the interview." three years ago "the new york times" and the "wall street journal" each reported they had been hac...

And today china's government is vigorously denying its military played any role in this widespread online espionage claiming it's also a frequent victim itself of cyber attacks. china responding to this brand new report from an american computer security firm that found a group attached to china's military stole information from nearly 150 companies, most of them american. now, this included companies in industries ranging from i.t. to telecommunications to aerospace to energy to oil. you've got to remember that as well. our next guest says today's report is a tipping point between us and chin...

Targeting american companies and organizations for years, stealing huge amounts of data in sophisticated cyberattacks. and a computer security firm which put together the report says it's traced these cyberattacks to a military unit in shanghai in an office building. the security firm says it tracked the unit for six years and observed hundreds of hacking attempts in that time. chinese officials deny the accusations joining me now huffington post technology reporter gary smith. thank you for joining us. okay. so the chinese military, does this come as a huge surprise? we know there have been, ...

Soldiers and an american aide worker were killed thursday in a suicide bombing in eastern afghanistan. the government says the drought is still getting worse in the plains states. key producers of corn and soybean crops because they did not get as much benefit from recent rain as elsewhere. the u.n. says the drought pushed global food prices 6% higher last month. a russian computer security firm has an agency is spying on transaction, social networking sites, e-mail and instant messaging in the middle east. the firm says the gauss virus was believed to have been made in the same lab to a...