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Tracing the Hacking Trail to China

Feb 10, 2011 | 21:05 GMT

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Summary

The anti-virus company McAfee has released a white paper analyzing hacking attempts against five multinational corporations in the energy sector. While little information was released on the target companies, the primary culprit is clear. The report traces all of the hacking attempts to servers in the Chinese province of Shandong and to offices in Beijing, where hackers are using Chinese-produced software to obtain trade secrets.

A McAfee white paper follows evidence of cyber-espionage against five multinational corporations to Shandong province and Beijing....

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