MEA computers hacked; no secret info stolen
Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 11:02 am
The Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday (February 15) said that no classified information has been stolen, after over 600 of its computers were hacked. TIMES NOW has confirmed that the machines were infected by spyware — a bug that gets into a computer taking control of the user’s actions.
Computers infected include those in the ministry’s sensitive Pakistan section.
However, the MEA insists that no national secrets has been breached. They said that each senior official has two computers, one that connects to the Internet and the other for classified work, which is not connected to the net.
This is not the first such instance. In May 2008, the MEAs internal communication network was said to have been broken into by Chinese hackers. In fact, a series of intrusions into secure systems in the MEA were then traced to China. (Read more)
( This post is from an independent writer. The opinions and views expressed herein are those of the author and are not endorsed by APakistanNews.Com.)
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