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GhostNet: Researchers discover evidence of widespread espionage network
by Steve Ragan - Mar 30 2009, 17:00 Researchers discover a widespread espionage network dubbed GhostNet. (IMG: Ghost in the Shell wallpaper)GhostNet
The University of Toronto published today a great research paper on targeted attacks. We've talked about targeted attacks for years. These cases usually go like this: 1. You receive a spoofed e-mail with an attachment 2.
Researchers in Toronto have released a document that describes what may be the first real evidence of a government-operated cyber-espionage network in action. In a ten-month investigation, the team documented the operation of what they dubbed GhostNet, and its various worldwide infection. The existence and operation of massive, coordinated, government-affiliated online espionage networks is typically the province of television or the silver screen, rather than the subject of research. In the real world, even a direct link between online and offline action (Russia’s invasion of Georgia and the simultaneous online attacks against that country are a good example) is not enough to automatically prove that the government behind the one is automatically behind the other. This is almost like we’ll undoubtedly see more of this type of crowd sourced aggression in the future.
China’s GhostNet | DarkGovernment
C’est la plus grande opération de cyberespionnage jamais découverte : une étude canadienne révèle que des ordinateurs basés en Chine ont pénétré et volé des documents dans des centaines d’ordinateurs de services gouvernementaux ou privés à travers le monde. Y compris, précise le New York Times qui a rendu publique cette étude , les machines des partisans du dalaï lama , le chef spirituel tibétain en exil en Inde ! Selon ce rapport publié par le Munk Centre for International Studies de l’Université de Toronto, tous les ordinateurs ayant participé à cette vaste opération de cyberespionnage sont basés en Chine, mais cela n’implique « pas nécessairement » la responsabilité du gouvernement chinois : il pourrait s’agir d’une « initiative privée » ou de « hackers patriotiques » . Voire même, c’est techniquement possible mais politiquement peu probable, d’un service étranger utilisant des oridnateurs basés en Chine.
"GhostNet" : vaste réseau de cyberespionnage basé en Chine
GhostNet & Creating a Culture of User Security | OpenConcept Consulting Inc.
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