Old Dogs and New Tricks – Chinese Botnet on Dalai Lama’s PC

Security researchers unearth evidence leading to a massive spy ring called ‘GhostNet’ on His Holiness’s office computer

A 10-month investigation has led to the discovery of the world’s largest alleged cyber espionage network, dubbed ‘GhostNet’.

I can’t say any of this is a surprise.  Conventional open warfare and covert operations have a relatively low ROI compared to distributed covert operations and attacks.  China and Russia have both been linked to such operations.  I’m certain that the NSA, CIA, and DoD are ahead of the game.  However, to borrow Thomas Friedman’s metaphor –  the flattening of the world indicates that the network battlefield is a level one.  Anyone can have an advantage.

via Investigators find Chinese botnet on Dalai Lama’s PC.

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