The Obama administration is directly accusing China of attacking computer systems belonging to the U.S. government and defense contractors. Pentagon official David Helvey outlined the findings of a new Pentagon report.

David Helvey: “China’s military continues to explore the role of military operations in cyberspace as a feature of modern warfare and continues to develop doctrine training and exercises which emphasize information technology and operations. In addition in 2012, numerous computer systems around the world, including those owned by the United States government, continued to be targeted for intrusions, some of which appear to be attributable directly to PRC (People’s Republic of China) government and military organizations.”

China has accused the United States of carrying out similar attacks against its military systems.