From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

The U.S., China, and a new round of cyber warfare.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alony, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

It's not just defense contractors and diplomats anymore. Hackers, traced to China,

have broken into the New York Times and other major news outlets.

Reporters themselves are not the targets. The most likely ones are the Chinese sources

for reports on the personal fortunes of party leaders are liberty and even lives at risk

as those leaders try to polish their own images and control the narrative both outside and inside the country.

The Obama administration is weighing retaliation if China won't play by the rules, but what are the rules?

If the U.S. was responsible for Stuxnet, how can it complain now?

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warman Al-ney, back with To the Point.

The New York Times is just one of the major American news agencies reportedly being hacked from China.

How does that happen? Who does it put at risk? Does the U.S. have the moral authority to take any action?

First, this news update. Former Senator John Kerry is now Secretary of State,

and today was his first day at the office in Foggy Bottom. Here, we can do the best of things

that you can do in government. That's what excites me. We get to try to make our nation safer.

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