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GCHQ Created Spoofed LinkedIn and Slashdot Sites To Serve Malware

Posted by samzenpus on from the careful-what-you-click dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ars Technica reports how a Snowden leak shows British spy agency GCHQ spoofed LinkedIn and Slashdot so as to serve malware to targeted employees. From the article: 'Der Spiegel suggests that the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the British sister agency to the NSA, used spoofed versions of LinkedIn and Slashdot pages to serve malware to targets. This type of attack was also used to target “nine salaried employees” of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the global oil cartel.'"

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  1. Victims were alerted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    when the quality of the comments section significantly improved.

    1. Re:Victims were alerted by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Funny

      when the quality of the comments section significantly improved.

      Plus submissions were actually edited...

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    2. Re:Victims were alerted by petteyg359 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Whose watching?

    3. Re:Victims were alerted by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

      Whose watching?

      The grammar police. We've had our eyes on you for some time.

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  2. hey, GCHQ employees by Joining+Yet+Again · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know you're reading this.

    You're smart. Smart enough to be able to work out who I am, probably without much trouble.

    Why don't you do something productive?

  3. Don't Panic! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't worry, this is the real Slashdot right here. I promise.

    1. Re:Don't Panic! by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, the NSA version is here. ;-)

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  4. Spoofed slash dot was easy to spot by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Funny

    There were no dupes, and all TFS's had perfect spelling and grammar.

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    1. Re:Spoofed slash dot was easy to spot by jrumney · · Score: 4, Funny

      There were no dupes, and all TFS's had perfect spelling and grammar.

      Actually, that's the real one. If you're seeing dupes, misspellings and poor grammar, and the articles seem to be a bit behind other sites, then it is probably a rushed retyping of the original.

  5. Re:How do you know Snowden has released *ALL* info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "As a poker player, I never release my trump card early in the game."

    If you were a poker player, you'd know that there are no trumps in poker.