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JR02-2009 Tracking GhostNet - PART THREE 49 the United States) for strategic purposes. Compromised proxy computers on Hainan Island, for example, could have been deployed as staging posts, perhaps in an effort to deliberately mislead observers as to the true operator(s) and purpose of the GhostNet system. The Significance of GhostNet GhostNet is significant, as it does not appear to be a typical cybercrime network. The potential political fallout is enormous. But ultimately, the question of who is behind the GhostNet may matter less than the strategic significance of the collection of affected targets. What this study discovered is serious evidence that information security is an item requiring urgent attention at the highest levels. It demonstrates that the subterranean layers of cyberspace, about which most users are unaware, are domains of active reconnaissance, surveillance, and exploitation. Regardless of who or what is ultimately in control of GhostNet, its capabilities of exploitation and the strategic intelligence that can be harvested from it matter most. Indeed, although the Achilles’ heel of the GhostNet system allowed us to monitor and document its far-reaching network of infiltration, we can safely hypothesize that it is neither the first nor the only one of its kind.
PART FOUR: About Information Warfare Monitor
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Page 3 and 4: JR02-2009 Tracking GhostNet - FOREW
Page 5 and 6: JR02-2009 Tracking GhostNet - TABLE
Page 7 and 8: JR02-2009 Tracking GhostNet - SUMMA
Page 9 and 10: JR02-2009 Tracking GhostNet - INTRO
Page 11 and 12: PART ONE: Context and background
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Page 17 and 18: PART TWO: Tracking GhostNet
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