[IP] Trojan horse used for business espionage
Begin forwarded message:
From: Harry Saal <Harry@xxxxxxxx>
Date: May 30, 2005 11:52:11 AM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Trojan horse used for business espionage
Writers of viruses aren't merely doing it "for the thrill". Here is a
story about what appears to be a trojan horse (delivered
surreptiously via CD demo disks) that copied valuable business
secrets which were sold to the competition. Apparently several
"business intelligence" were involved in trafficking in the stolen
information. Senior executives of the firms which purchased the ill-
gotten information are under arrest. The article predicts that more
shoes will drop in Europe and perhaps elsewhere. Should one presume
that this practice is already "popular" in the US?
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"Trojan horse also hit major int'l firms"
In an undercover operation codenamed "Horse Race" the Tel Aviv Police
arrested last week leading executives from the country's top-tier
companies who allegedly planted a computer virus known as a Trojan
horse inside their competitors' computers and stole classified
commercial information, it was released for publication on Sunday.
[From http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/
ShowFull&cid=1117333096614]
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