Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries

Security - 2009

Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/technology/29spy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Scanned by: Alvis Brigis over 2 years ago

A vast electronic spying operation has infiltrated computers and has stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, Canadian researchers have concluded. In a report to be issued this weekend, the researchers said that the system was being controlled from computers based almost exclusively in China, but that they could not say conclusively that the Chinese government was involved.

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