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Hackers stole secret MH370-related documents from Malaysian officials – report
A targeted phishing attack on a handful of Malaysian officials involved in investigating the disappearance of flight MH370 in March reportedly gave the perpetrators, presumably of Chinese origin, access to a trove of classified material.
The successful hacking attack affected some 30 computers belonging to officials in the Malaysia Airlines, the Civil Aviation Department and the National Security Council, Malaysian newspaper the Star reported on Wednesday.
Before Malaysian cyber security experts found and closed the breach a trove of documents, including classified ones, were funneled to an IP address located in China. The malware sent the stolen data by email, which alerted the Malaysians, said Amirudin Abdul Wahab, chief executive at CyberSecurity Malaysia, a governmental agency within the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry …. http://rt.com/news
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2014/08/hackers-stole-secret-mh370-related.html
