Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries: NYTimes »
Posted By gamahuche 8 months ago in Science & TechnologyA 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.
The researchers, who are based at the Munk Center for International Studies at the University of Toronto, had been asked by the office of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader whom China regularly denounces, to examine its computers for signs of malicious software, or malware.
Their sleuthing opened a window into a broader operation that, in less than two years, has infiltrated at least 1,295 computers in 103 countries, including many belonging to embassies, foreign ministries and other government offices, as well as the Dalai Lama’s Tibetan exile centers in India, Brussels, London and New York.
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gamahuche8 months ago
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A very sinister story which looks very much as if its about the discovery of a sustained on-going and worldwide spying project by the Chinese authorities - not 100% proven, but..
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tadair9198 months ago
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holy shyte!
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"Through trial and error, the researchers learned to use the system’s Chinese-language “dashboard” — a control panel reachable with a standard Web browser — by which one could manipulate the more than 1,200 computers worldwide that had by then been infected."
"For example, they said, after an e-mail invitation was sent by the Dalai Lama’s office to a foreign diplomat, the Chinese government made a call to the diplomat discouraging a visit."
"They found that three of the four control servers were in different provinces in China — Hainan, Guangdong and Sichuan — while the fourth was discovered to be at a Web-hosting company based in Southern California."
if this is what hackers can do. imagine what our government is already doing. -
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berkeley8 months ago
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what the story presents is believable.
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what it avoids, necessarily, is the NSA's version of the same activity, which has gone on for decades. the book, the puzzle palace, came out in 1983, so their system has had 25 years of upgrades. think of it as real-time monitoring of everything. -
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