Hackers, who planted remotely-controlled spyware onto Nortel networks, managed to steal passwords that the enterprise's high officials and executives used, thereby becoming capable of gaining admission into the company's e-mails, reports, business plans along with other valuable documents, published HUFFPOST dated February 14, 2012.
Reportedly, the intruders stole 7 passwords in all that Nortel's chief executive officer and other executives used. Moreover, these criminals seemed as operating from China from where they infiltrated Nortel's PCs ever-since 2000 to download reports on R&D, technical papers, employee e-mails, business plans and other important files, said erstwhile Nortel veteran Brian Shields and the chief of an inside probe. The Wall Street Journal published this on February 14, 2012.
Shields further said that the hackers concealed spyware right into the roots of a few employees' PCs; consequently, investigators spent a number of years just to understand the extent of the problem's existence. The crooks gained admission into virtually everything because ample time was at their disposal; only they required being sure about the content they desired stealing, Shields added.
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