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Chinese spyware code was copied from America s NSA - researchers Chinese spies used code first developed by the U.S. National Security Agency to support their hacking operations, Israeli researchers said on Monday, another indication of how malicious software developed by governments can boomerang against their creators.
FILE PHOTO: Computer code is seen on a screen above a Chinese flag in this July 12, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration
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WASHINGTON: Chinese spies used code first developed by the U.S. National Security Agency to support their hacking operations, Israeli researchers said on Monday, another indication of how malicious software developed by governments can boomerang against their creators.
Chinese spies used code first developed by the US National Security Agency to support their hacking operations, Israeli researchers said today Reuters reported. Tel Aviv-based Check Point Softwar.
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Tel Aviv based Check Point Software Technologies report notes features in a piece of China-linked malware it dubs 'Jian' could only have been stolen from some of the National Security Agency break-in tools leaked to the internet in 2017
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