Wow, the sweet government of China making another good movement for its
people.
Let's see what kind of spyware, back-doors and other surprises Ubuntu will be
carrying after this.
BTW, on another matter (China's cyber espionage), see "APT1: Exposing One of
China's Cyber Espionage Units", http://intelreport.mandiant.com/
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[...] Our analysis has led us to conclude that APT1 is likely
government-sponsored and one of the most persistent of China's cyber threat
actors. The scale and impact of APT1's operations compelled us to write this
report. In an attempt to bolster defenses against APT1 operations Mandiant is
also releasing more than 3,000 indicators as part of the appendix to this
report which can be used [...] to search for signs of APT attack activity.
Highlights of the report include:
APT1 is believed to be the 2nd Bureau of the People’s Liberation Army
(PLA) General Staff Department’s (GSD) 3rd Department, which is most
commonly known by its Military Unit Cover Designator (MUCD) as Unit 61398.
APT1 has systematically stolen hundreds of terabytes of data from at
least 141 organizations.
APT1 focuses on compromising organizations across a broad range of
industries in English-speaking countries.
APT1 maintains an extensive infrastructure of computer systems around the
world.
In over 97% of the 1,905 times Mandiant observed APT1 intruders
connecting to their attack infrastructure, APT1 used IP addresses registered
in Shanghai and systems set to use the Simplified Chinese language.
The size of APT1’s infrastructure implies a large organization with at
least dozens, but potentially hundreds of human operators.
In an effort to underscore that there are actual individuals behind the
keyboard, Mandiant is revealing three personas that are associated with APT1
activity.
Mandiant is releasing more than 3,000 indicators to bolster defenses
against APT1 operations.
