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A Year's Further Research On an Espionage Network
Mortimer.CA writes "Last year researchers discovered a giant electronic spying operation they dubbed GhostNet. Now, after a further year's worth of research, Infowar Monitor has released a new report. The report (Scribbed PDF) documents a complex ecosystem of cyber espionage that systematically targeted and compromised computer systems in India, the Offices of the Dalai Lama, the United Nations, and several other countries. While the servers are in China, the report's authors say that there is 'no evidence in this report of the involvement of the People's Republic of China or any other government in the shadow network.' Furthermore, the 'intruders even stole documents related to the travel of NATO forces in Afghanistan, illustrating that even though the Indian government was the primary target of the attacks, one gap in computer security can leave many nations exposed.'"
What scumbags? The article directly says theres no links to any government, Chinese or other.
But I think there might be more to it. If it were Chinese super hackers, either working alone or the government, wouldn't you think it would be kind of stupid to leave all the traces pointing to China? After all we are on the Internet and it wouldn't be too hard to locate your servers elsewhere in the world. That makes me suspect Chinese have nothing to do with it, but its either some other nation using Chinese as a gateway and making them get the heat, or it's someone trying to make Chinese image bad. That's what politics are, playing dirty. When you make Chinese look like bad guys you can get more support for yourself.