US cyberspying fears hang over Beijing Olympics

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

"US paranoia about Chinese computer hackers has created a diplomatic dilemma about whether or not to warn visitors and 
business people traveling to next month's Beijing Olympics about cyber-security risks.

Last month the department of Homeland Security privately warned government and key private-sector contacts of the 
cyber-security perils facing overseas travelers from foreign governments.
Spying techniques outlined in the advisory, which wasn't made public, included copying the contents of laptop hard 
disks at border crossing or in hotel rooms and "loading spyware" onto BlackBerry mobile devices, the Wall Street 
Journal reports.

The advisory does not single out any country, but the timing of the alert, two months before the Beijing Olympics and 
shortly after allegations emerged that a US Commerce secretary's laptop was hacked during a December trip to China, are 
noteworthy."
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More at
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/21/cyberspy_olympics/

Juha-Matti
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