Canadian researchers have uncovered a vast computer spy ring that broke into government and corporate computers around the world, stealing documents and other important information, The New York Times reports.
The research team from the Munk Center for International Studies in Toronto said most of the spy ring’s computers were located in China, but stopped short of saying the espionage was the work of the Chinese government. “This could well be the CIA or the Russians. It’s a murky realm that we’re lifting the lid on,” said Munk Center team member Ronald Deibert.
The spy ring, dubbed GhostNet, has broken into at least 1,295 computers in 103 countries. Among those affected have been embassies, government offices, foreign ministries, and the Dalai Lama‘s Tibetan exile centers in India, Brussels, London and New York. The Munk Center found no evidence that US government office computers were broken into. GhostNet is still active, according to the Munk Center.
A spokesman for the Chinese Consulate in New York dismissed the idea China was involved. “These are old stories and they are nonsense,” the spokesman, Wenqi Gao, told the Times. “The Chinese government is opposed to and strictly forbids any cybercrime.”
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