The US has been calling China out on hacking as early as 2008, but insinuating that the Chinese gov't was involved in incidents back to the mid-2000's. 2008 So

The US has been calling China out on hacking as early as 2008, but insinuating that the Chinese gov't was involved in incidents back to the mid-2000's. 2008 Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/12/hacking-on-hill-traced-to-china/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/12/hacking-on-h... I think the real news is that China isn't publicly denying these incidents anymore. Though, it seems like nothing has really changed.