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Posted on: March 29, 2009 10:51 AM, by Greg Laden
A 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.
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It sounds hyped-upish to me, especially when I read that "the researchers" notified Authorities because they are concerned about "basic shortcomings in the legal structure of cyberspace".
I have not been able to connect to http://www.infowar-monitor.net/ghostnet/ all day. They are seriously Slashdotted, I suppose.
Posted by: gruebait | March 29, 2009 3:59 PM