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In almost every case, when the Ghostnet system administrators took over a remote computer they would install a clandestine Chinese-designed software program called GhOst RAT — for Remote Administration Terminal. GhOst RAT permits the control of a distant computer via the Internet, to the extent of being able to turn on audio and video recording features and capture the resulting files. The operators of the system — whoever they were — in addition to stealing digital files and e-mail messages, could transform office PCs into remote listening posts.

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The United States has no clear military policy about how the nation might respond to a cyberattack on its communications, financial or power networks, a panel of scientists and policy advisers warned Wednesday, and the country needs to clarify both its offensive capabilities and how it would respond to such attacks.

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Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials.

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Other Internet experts in the United States said the attacks against Georgia’s Internet infrastructure began as early as July 20, with coordinated barrages of millions of requests — known as distributed denial of service, or D.D.O.S., attacks — that overl

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