Event Details

January 01, 2007

Description

Report by Paul Strassmann regarding 700,000 zombie programs inserted into US computers.

Participants (1)

Name Type Mentions
Paul Strassmann person 14 View Entity

Source Documents (1)

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Book Page / Evidence Production • 1.72 MB
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This document is page 236 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (authored by Edward Jay Epstein). It details Chinese cyber espionage tactics, contrasting them with Russian methods. The text describes the use of 'sleeper' bugs and 'zombie' programs to infiltrate U.S. networks, specifically mentioning a 2007 report by Paul Strassmann about 700,000 infected computers. It highlights successful hacks against U.S. contractors like Booz Allen and tech companies (Google, Yahoo!, etc.) to access NSA and CIA personnel dossiers. The page bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019724' stamp, indicating it was part of a document production for a congressional investigation.

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Event Metadata

Type
Unknown
Location
United States
Significance Score
5/10
Participants
1
Source Documents
1
Extracted
2025-11-20 19:11

Additional Data

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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019724.jpg
Date String
2007

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