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Report reveals China-based cyber spying ring

By Kathrin Hille in Beijing, Joseph Menn in San Francisco and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington

Published: March 29 2009 19:57 | Last updated: March 30 2009 00:11

A Chinese spying operation has obtained sensitive data from hundreds of government computers in more than 100 countries, according to a new report.

Dennis Blair, the new US director of national intelligenceAgence,France-Presse
Dennis Blair, the new US director of national intelligence, said that cyber-security was ‘very high priority’
University of Toronto experts found 1,295 infected computers around the world and observed the operation stealing documents and watching and listening to users through webcams and microphones.

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