http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/08/chinese-hackers-steal-private-data-760-firms.html The Jakarta Post 05/08/2012 China-based hackers are reportedly targeting US-based Google Inc and Intel Corp. An attack hackers launched on iBahn could help them access secret e-mails, even encrypted ones, according to a US senior intelligence official familiar with the matter. As many as 760 companies have had their data accessed by hackers through iBahn, which runs broadband business and provides entertainment access for guests of Marriott International Inc’s global network and other hotel chains, as well as for multinational companies that hold meetings in the hotels. Internet security company Trustwave Corp SpiderLabs chief Nick Percoco said what was more concerning was that hackers might have used the iBahn system as a stepping stone to connect to companies linked to the system by creating a “secret backdoor” through employees who had stayed in one of the hotel chains. [...] _______________________________________________ LayerOne Security Conference May 26-27, Clarion Hotel, Anaheim, CA http://www.layerone.orgReceived on Tue May 08 2012 - 02:19:03 PDT
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