The report, Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network, comes after a 10-month investigation by the Information Warfare Monitor (IWM), which comprises researchers from Ottawa-based think tank SecDev Group and the University of Toronto's Munk Centre for International Studies.More info at BBC News.
They were acting on a request from the Tibetan spiritual leader's office to check whether the computers of his Tibetan exile network had been infiltrated.
Researchers found that ministries of foreign affairs of Iran, Bangladesh, Latvia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Barbados and Bhutan appear to had been targeted.
Hacked systems were also discovered in the embassies of countries including India, South Korea, Indonesia, Romania, Cyprus, Thailand, Germany and Pakistan.
Analysts say the attacks are in effect industrial espionage, with hackers showing an interest in the activities of lawmakers and major companies.
Chinese cyber spy network infiltrated 103 countries
Posted on Tuesday, March 31 2009 @ 4:16 CEST by Thomas De MaesschalckCanadian security researchers report a cyber spy network based mainly in China, has infiltrated government computers from all around the world with malware. The Information Warfare Monitor (IWM) claims 1,295 computers in 103 countries were infiltrated, but there's no conclusive evidence China's government was behind it.
