Drew Wilson
March 29th, 2009, 02:21 PM
Canadian researchers have uncovered an internet spy network, based almost exclusively in China, that has hacked into computers owned by governments and private organizations in 103 countries.
The findings follow a 10-month investigation by researchers from the Ottawa-based think tank SecDev Group and the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto.
The group was initially asked to look into allegations that the Chinese were hacking into computers set up by the Tibetan exile community, but their work eventually led them to a much wider network of compromised computers.
[...]
The researchers said the spy network, dubbed GhostNet, infiltrated at least 1,295 computers, many belonging to embassies, foreign ministries and other government offices, as well as the Dalai Lama’s Tibetan exile centres in India, Brussels, London and New York.
More... (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/29/internet-spying.html)
I like how the Chinese government official responded to this. I mean, give me a break, the United States is doing this and the tech companies that funded what the United States spy network is also funding the Chinese spy network. This incident is, by far, not out in left field given that many countries are already doing this in the first place.
The findings follow a 10-month investigation by researchers from the Ottawa-based think tank SecDev Group and the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto.
The group was initially asked to look into allegations that the Chinese were hacking into computers set up by the Tibetan exile community, but their work eventually led them to a much wider network of compromised computers.
[...]
The researchers said the spy network, dubbed GhostNet, infiltrated at least 1,295 computers, many belonging to embassies, foreign ministries and other government offices, as well as the Dalai Lama’s Tibetan exile centres in India, Brussels, London and New York.
More... (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/29/internet-spying.html)
I like how the Chinese government official responded to this. I mean, give me a break, the United States is doing this and the tech companies that funded what the United States spy network is also funding the Chinese spy network. This incident is, by far, not out in left field given that many countries are already doing this in the first place.