An electronic massive espionage operation was detected in the computers of hundreds of governments and their private offices all over the world. Including the Dalai Lama’s, reported today by the New York Times. In this report which will be spread during the weekend, the investigators pointed out that the espionage system was controlled almost totally from China, even though they don’t think the government of this country is involved.
The investigators, who belong to the Munk Center for International Studies, from the University of Toronto, have received petitions of the Tibetan leader’s office, who maintains a politic dispute with China, to check their computers in search of “malicious software”.
The investigation revealed that in less than 2 years, it successfully infected at least 1,295 computers in 103 countries, included many government embassies, and offices of Ministers of Exterior Relations of other countries, such as institutions from the Tibetan country in India, Brussels, London and New York. It also revealed that this “Ghost Net” is focused primarily in keeping watch on Governments of countries from South and Southeast Asia.
According to NYT this investigation if far the biggest done if based on the number of countries affected by the electronic espionage. The authors of the investigation assure that the attack continues, and that daily a dozen computers are infected. They also pointed out that a computer of the NATO is being watched by the spies during the middle of the day, same as the machines in the Embassy of India in Washington.
The infiltrations doesn’t limit just to get information or spy on documents, it can use a surveillance system that can turn on the camera and microphone of the computer and record what’s happening in the room. International authorities have been alerted of the situation; however, they are limited because of the little legislation that exists in cyberspace. The FBI refused to comment about the situation.
The investigators, who belong to the Munk Center for International Studies, from the University of Toronto, have received petitions of the Tibetan leader’s office, who maintains a politic dispute with China, to check their computers in search of “malicious software”.
The investigation revealed that in less than 2 years, it successfully infected at least 1,295 computers in 103 countries, included many government embassies, and offices of Ministers of Exterior Relations of other countries, such as institutions from the Tibetan country in India, Brussels, London and New York. It also revealed that this “Ghost Net” is focused primarily in keeping watch on Governments of countries from South and Southeast Asia.According to NYT this investigation if far the biggest done if based on the number of countries affected by the electronic espionage. The authors of the investigation assure that the attack continues, and that daily a dozen computers are infected. They also pointed out that a computer of the NATO is being watched by the spies during the middle of the day, same as the machines in the Embassy of India in Washington.
The infiltrations doesn’t limit just to get information or spy on documents, it can use a surveillance system that can turn on the camera and microphone of the computer and record what’s happening in the room. International authorities have been alerted of the situation; however, they are limited because of the little legislation that exists in cyberspace. The FBI refused to comment about the situation.
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