GhostNet

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GhostNet (simplified Chinese: 幽灵网; traditional Chinese: 幽靈網; pinyin: YōuLíngWǎng) is the name given by researchers at the Information Warfare Monitor to a large-scale cyber spying[1][2] operation discovered in March 2009. The operation is likely associated with an advanced persistent threat, or a network actor that spies undetected.[3] Its command and control infrastructure is based mainly in the People's Republic of China and GhostNet has infiltrated high-value political, economic and media locations[4] in 103 countries. Computer systems belonging to embassies, foreign ministries and other government offices, and the Dalai Lama's Tibetan exile centers in India, London and New York City were compromised.

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  2. ^ Glaister, Dan (March 30, 2009). "China Accused of Global Cyberspying". The Guardian Weekly. Vol. 180, no. 16. London. p. 5. Archived from the original on June 6, 2024. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  3. ^ Sean Bodmer; Dr. Max Kilger; Gregory Carpenter; Jade Jones (2012). Reverse Deception: Organized Cyber Threat Counter-Exploitation. McGraw-Hill Osborne Media. ISBN 978-0071772495.
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