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February 14, 2012 09:05 pm

Chinese Hackers Had Unfettered Access To Nortel Networks For a Decade


An anonymous reader sends this quote from CBC News:"Hackers based in China enjoyed widespread access to Nortel's computer network for nearly a decade, according to ... Brian Shields, a former Nortel employee who launched an internal investigation of the attacks, the Wall Street Journal reports [from behind a paywall]. ... Over the years, the hackers downloaded business plans, research and development reports, employee emails and other documents. According to the internal report, Nortel 'did nothing from a security standpoint' about the attacks."

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