Walt Mossberg – For iPad and Mobile Devices, a “Port” out of the Norm
The email message addressed to a Booz Allen Hamilton executive was mundane–a shopping list sent over by the Pentagon of weaponry India wanted to buy. But the missive turned out to be a brilliant fake. Lurking beneath the description of aircraft, engines and radar equipment was an insidious piece of computer code known as “Poison Ivy” designed to suck sensitive data out of the $4 billion consulting firm’s computer network.
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