Chinese cyber-terrorist have been doing their cyber espionage thing for quite a while . In fact , back in 2008 , hacker from China hacked two immense whales : the Presidential campaigns of both Barack Obama and John McCain . The hacker handle to steal internal documents from both Obama and McCain .
NBC News reportsthat Taiwanese hackers want to export “ massive amounts of inner information from both drive — including intragroup position papers and private emails of key advisers in both camps . ” How did this pass ?
It was a aboveboard phishing hack . An e - mail was broadcast to top staffer from both camps detail the ‘ docket ’ for an upcoming get together . But along with the ‘ schedule ’ , the eastward - mail attachment also had very advanced malware that installed itself onto the staffers ’ computing equipment . The malware replicated itself through the Obama hunting expedition ’s computer system and was designed “ to stick around buried in the computers for months , if not years . ”
Alan Brill , the older managing theater director of Kroll Solutions , described the malware that Formosan hackers usedto NBC News“as doctor up as anything we had seen ” and called the never-ending struggle with the Chinese hackers as a “ firefight ” .
The hacking of the 2008 presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain by China is being bring out to the public right before the two - day meeting with President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping . The hackings , which China has denied in the past , are certain to be a live subject between the two humans loss leader . [ NBC News ]
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