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The Telecom Digest for February 21, 2013
Volume 32 : Issue 46 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
"Operation Shady Rat" identifies widespread cyber-spying (Bill Horne)
Inside 'Unit 61398' (Bill Horne)
Computer security firm blames cyber spying on Chinese military (Bill Horne)
China won't stop cyber-spying (Bill Horne)

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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:56:42 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: "Operation Shady Rat" identifies widespread cyber-spying 
Message-ID: <20130220175641.GA19188@telecom.csail.mit.edu>

Report on 'Operation Shady RAT' identifies widespread cyber-spying

By Ellen Nakashima,August 02, 2011

A leading computer security firm has used logs produced by a single
server to trace the hacking of more than 70 corporations and
government organizations over many months, and experts familiar with
the analysis say the snooping probably originated in China.

Among the targets were the Hong Kong and New York offices of the
Associated Press, where unsuspecting reporters working on China issues
clicked on infected links in e-mail, the experts said.

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-08-02/national/35269748_1_intrusions-mcafee-china-issues

-- 
Bill Horne
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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:06:09 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Inside 'Unit 61398' 
Message-ID: <20130220180608.GA20256@telecom.csail.mit.edu>

Inside 'Unit 61398': Portrait Of Accused Chinese Cyberspying Group Emerges

BEIJING (AP) . Unit 61398 of the People's Liberation Army has been
recruiting computer experts for at least a decade. It has made no
secret of details of community life such as badminton matches and
kindergarten, but its apparent purpose became clear only when a
U.S. Internet security firm accused it of conducting a massive hacking
campaign against North American targets.

Hackers with the Chinese unit have been active for years, using online
handles such as "UglyGorilla," Virginia-based firm Mandiant said in a
report released Tuesday as the U.S. prepared to crack down on
countries responsible for cyber espionage. The Mandiant report plus
details collected by The Associated Press depict a highly specialized
community of Internet warriors working from a blocky white building in
Shanghai.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/20/inside-unit-61398_n_2722356.html

-- 
Bill Horne
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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:52:57 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Computer security firm blames cyber spying on Chinese military  
Message-ID: <20130220175257.GA18609@telecom.csail.mit.edu>

Computer security firm blames cyber spying on Chinese military

Mandiant says a clandestine Chinese military unit has conducted
sophisticated cyber espionage operations against dozens of American
and Canadian companies.

By Ken Dilanian, Los Angeles Times
February 19, 2013, 4:38 p.m.

WASHINGTON . A clandestine Chinese military unit has conducted
sophisticated cyber espionage operations against dozens of American
and Canadian companies, according to a private report that provides
unusual new details about China's involvement in cyber theft of
economic and trade secrets.

The report by computer security firm Mandiant Corp. in Alexandria,
Va., breaks new ground by attributing attacks against 141 companies to
a specific 12-story office building in the financial center of
Shanghai.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-china-cyber-20130220,0,7881440.story

-- 
Bill Horne
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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:49:47 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: China won't stop cyber-spying 
Message-ID: <20130220174947.GA17969@telecom.csail.mit.edu>

By GREG AUSTIN

LONDON - President Obama registered his serious concern in the State
of the Union address over cyberespionage by what he called "our
enemies". His remarks on Feb. 12 came two days after leaks from a
U.S. intelligence estimate named China - again - as the most serious
menace in the cyberdomain.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/opinion/global/china-wont-cut-its-cyberspying.html?_r=0

-- 
Bill Horne
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