Electronic Tampering Risk at Bejing Olympics Extremely High Say Officials
Category: Bugs / VirusPosted: June 11, 2008 04:53PM
Author: Nemo
Officials are warning visitors of the risks associated with using electronic devices such as cell phones, PDAs and laptops during the upcoming Olympics in Beijing. One official even went so far as to say if that if a visitor is of any interest to the Chinese government that it is a virtual certainty than any devices carried to the games will be compromised by Chinese agents. That means leaving devices unattended in a hotel room is an invitation to being hacked. The government there also controls Internet service providers and cell phone networks and can use these to monitor and remotely attack your electronics. Anyone traveling to the games is advise to have their laptops or email devices purged of any sensitive information before they leave and throughly scanned for viruses and malware on their return.
