<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b88dac60-139c-43a6-bc06-357c4fc43dfd/61489546-ED1B-46F5-B991-B7B6508376F3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ghostnet_turning_computers_into_giant_bugs.php" href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ghostnet_turning_computers_into_giant_bugs.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.readwriteweb.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ghostnet_turning_computers_into_giant_bugs.php"><P><IMG width="100" height="67" src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/spy_mar_09.jpg" alt="spy_mar_09.jpg" />Researchers from the <A href="http://www.utoronto.ca/" mashlogic-removed-href="http://www.utoronto.ca/" mashlogic-unlinked-text="University of Toronto"><MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="University of Toronto" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">University of Toronto</MASHLOGIC></A> have discovered an online spying operation that has infiltrated in excess of 1,200 computers in over 100 countries according to a report today in <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/technology/29spy.html?_r=1&hp" mashlogic-removed-href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/technology/29spy.html?_r=1&hp" mashlogic-unlinked-text="The New York Times">The <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA dd21bcb949ffc391b0eb5780b3542a99 cO1dd1z1VXztJV1c4GPg_A c43071e2c4a1aff2f5a267e6cbf74299 MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="New York Times" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-company-info mashlink-jobs-by-simplyhired mashlink-recent-headlines mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Company Info, Jobs by SimplyHired, Recent Headlines, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">New York Times</MASHLOGIC></A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ghostnet_turning_computers_into_giant_bugs.php"><P>Dubbed GhostNet, the operation is notable. Not only can it <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA c43071e2c4a1aff2f5a267e6cbf74299 MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="phish" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-recent-headlines mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Recent Headlines, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">phish</MASHLOGIC> for information, it has remote access capabilities that can quickly and easily turn any computer into a giant listening device.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ghostnet_turning_computers_into_giant_bugs.php">The investigation into GhostNet began after the office of the <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA a1dc3d27f65a79db7492a789681570ed MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="Dalai Lama" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-linkedin mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, LinkedIn, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">Dalai Lama</MASHLOGIC> suspected malware on its computers </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ghostnet_turning_computers_into_giant_bugs.php">As the researchers dug deeper, they found more cause for concern: the operation, according to the researchers, appears to not only be spying on the <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA a1dc3d27f65a79db7492a789681570ed MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="Dalai Lama" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-linkedin mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, LinkedIn, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">Dalai Lama</MASHLOGIC>, but also on the governments of <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA c43071e2c4a1aff2f5a267e6cbf74299 MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="South Asian" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-recent-headlines mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Recent Headlines, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">South Asian</MASHLOGIC> and <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="Southeast Asian" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">Southeast Asian</MASHLOGIC> countries. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ghostnet_turning_computers_into_giant_bugs.php"><P></p> <P>While researchers believe the operation is based in China, they are quick to point out that this does not necessarily mean the Chinese government was involved. "This could well be the C.I.A. or the Russians. It's a murky realm that we're lifting the lid on,"</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/61489546-ED1B-46F5-B991-B7B6508376F3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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