Re: US cyberspying fears hang over Beijing Olympics

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

OTOH, the U.S. Customs has no problem snooping on people's laptop when they
enter the U.S.......

Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Juha-Matti Laurio
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:56 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] US cyberspying fears hang over Beijing Olympics

"US paranoia about Chinese computer hackers has created a diplomatic dilemma
about whether or not to warn visitors and business people traveling to next
month's Beijing Olympics about cyber-security risks.

Last month the department of Homeland Security privately warned government
and key private-sector contacts of the cyber-security perils facing overseas
travelers from foreign governments.
Spying techniques outlined in the advisory, which wasn't made public,
included copying the contents of laptop hard disks at border crossing or in
hotel rooms and "loading spyware" onto BlackBerry mobile devices, the Wall
Street Journal reports.

The advisory does not single out any country, but the timing of the alert,
two months before the Beijing Olympics and shortly after allegations emerged
that a US Commerce secretary's laptop was hacked during a December trip to
China, are noteworthy."
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More at
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/21/cyberspy_olympics/

Juha-Matti
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