Google says politically motivated malware has been used to spy on Vietnamese computer users. The malware began spreading in late 2009, when someone hacked into a Web site run by the Vietnamese Professionals Society. DDoS attacks linked to the Vietnamese malware “tried to squelch opposition to bauxite mining efforts in Vietnam,” Google says. Google shut down its Chinese search operations last week, a move spurred in part by the late-2009 cyberattacks. Security vendor McAfee believes that the Vietnamese botnet is not related.”]
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