GhostNet

02 April 2009

I only caught the last 20 minutes or so, although I intend to listen to it later - this was a fascinating discussion.

Unmasking ‘GhostNet’ | WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook

OK, the April Fool’s computer virus didn’t strike, didn’t rise up with its “botnet” and take over the world. But maybe it didn’t have to.

Just days before, a crack team of computer sleuths in Canada unveiled a global computer spying network, apparently run out of China, called “GhostNet.”