NSA infected 50,000 computer networks worldwide with malware

The latest claims come from a digital presentation slide, which show a world map highlighting hard computer networks and ‘world-wide implants’ under the category. 

CNE (Computer Network Exploitation), NSA jargon for malware infections. 

According to Mashable, NSA’s elite hacker team conducted these sophisticated spy attacks on networks including the one against Belgian telecom company Belgacom that was carried out by NSA’s UK ally, the GCHQ. 

The report said that CNE includes enabling actions and intelligence collection via computer networks that exploit data gathered from target or enemy information systems or networks. 

The ‘implants’ act as digital ‘sleeper cells’ that can be activated with a single push of a button. The revelations by Snowden have severely impacted US ties with its allies apart from experiencing loss of trust from its own citizens

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Travelling to China? | Leave your laptop at home

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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