Canadians find vast computer spy network

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52R2HQ20090328

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canadian researchers have uncovered a vast electronic spying operation that infiltrated computers and stole documents from government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

In a report provided to the newspaper, a team from the Munk Center for International Studies in Toronto said at least 1,295 computers in 103 countries had been breached in less than two years by the spy system, which it dubbed GhostNet.

Embassies, foreign ministries, government offices and the Dalai Lama's Tibetan exile centers in India, Brussels, London and New York were among those infiltrated, said the researchers, who have detected computer espionage in the past.

They found no evidence U.S. government offices were breached.

The researchers concluded that computers based almost exclusively in China were responsible for the intrusions, although they stopped short of saying the Chinese government was involved in the system, which they described as still active.

"We're a bit more careful about it, knowing the nuance of what happens in the subterranean realms," said Ronald Deibert, a member of the Munk research group, based at the University of Toronto.

"This could well be the CIA or the Russians. It's a murky realm that we're lifting the lid on."

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There has been a lot of evidence for years now about the growing strength of Chinese hackers in the pay of the Chinese Government. Though it is true this could also be the work of the U.S, Russia or China, I think it is more useful to look to see which economies are working well now and which aren't. Those that are doing the best like China and India might be more likely to have the benefits of such a spying network than Russia, or the U.S. which are doing more poorly.

So, I think looking no further than looking to which nations are harmed the most and which nations are harmed the least we can more easily ascertain who is doing this. And using this logic China comes up as the number one likely culprit . I also think this is only the beginning. For why have a nuclear or land war when China can bring other nations to their knees with computer hackers by disrupting economies through disrupting electronic dollars that never will exist as paper dollars?