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Vast Electronic Spying Operation Discovered
homesalad writes "Researchers in Toronto have discovered a huge international electronic spying operation that they are calling 'GhostNet.' So far it has infiltrated government and corporate offices in 103 countries, including the office of the Dalai Lama (who originally went to the researchers for help analyzing a suspected infiltration). The operation appears to be based in China, and the information gained has been used to interfere with the actions of the Dalai Lama and to thwart individuals seeking to help Tibetan exiles. The researchers found no evidence of infiltration of US government computers, although machines at the Indian embassy were compromised. Here is the researchers' summary; a full report, 'Tracking "GhostNet": Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network' will be issued this weekend." A separate academic group in the UK that helped with the research is issuing its own report, expected to be available on March 29. Here is the abstract. They seem to be putting more stress on the "social malware" nature of the attack and ways to mitigate such techniques.
Macs? I'd think he'd be a Linux type of guy.
I'm not afraid of the Chinese Government. I just got mod points.
And yet, you burned them posting in the very thread they'll be needed most. You fool. You damn crazy fool.
His real problem is that none of his emails have attachments.
Do you assume he arranges all of his international trips and conferences sitting cross-legged on the side of a mountain?
Silicon & Charybdis McLuhan Kildall Papert Kay
Macs? I'd think he'd be a Linux type of guy.
Mac, for sure. If someone knows the sound of one mouse button clicking, the DL is it!
Set your phasers on "funky"!
Macs? I'd think he'd be a Linux type of guy.
And I suppose you are thinking of the Enlightenment window manager?
Reminds me of a quote about the definition of allies being two nations with hands so deep in each other's pants that they cannot fight.
Fixed that fer ya ;)
SB
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
run thru Tor
In Canada, if a message is secret and urgent, Tor is used to get it close to the destination. Then it is printed in code and sent on its final leg strapped to a Husky.
In other words (ahem): Canadians send secret Rush messages By Tor and The Snow Dog .
Yeah, that's what I think when I look at China -- "they are going to run out of people sometime soon".
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.