American Government
officials and private business people travelling to china are taking more and
more precautions against exploiting and digital espionage, according a report
in newspaper.
While many other peoples
leave their electronics behind, others have separate devices for travelling or
follow elaborate routines for blanking out the hard drives before leaving and
sanitizing them once again upon return.
Travelers have also learnt
to take the batteries out of their phones to protect themselves from spyware
that might clandestinely start recording their meetings and conversations.
China isn’t the only
offender, but its growing importance in world politics and economics make it a
huge danger. Laptop that make it back from china are often infected with
infected with malware that spreads across a company’s network as soon as they
connect to it upon return.
The Malware that sneaks
into other computers, printers and other network appliances in order to avoid
detection and allow remote attackers to gain access to corporate secrets.
Top government officials
are said to be fully aware that every single laptop taken to China by officials
in various government had returned without some sort of deliberate and
persistent malware infection.
It’s also illegal to carry encrypted storage devices into china without prior government approval.
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