[IP] Trojan horse used for business espionage

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Harry Saal <Harry@saal.org>
Date: May 30, 2005 11:52:11 AM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
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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