A widespread cyber-espionage campaign that stole government secrets, sensitive corporate documents and other intellectual property for five years from more than 70 public and private organizations in 14 countries has been uncovered by a McAfee researcher, Vanity Fair reported today.The campaign, dubbed "Operation Shady RAT," was discovered by Dmitri Alperovitch, vice president of threat research at the cyber-security firm McAfee. It continues today, he said. Alperovitch has briefed senior White House officials, government agencies, and congressional staff and is working with U.S. law enforcement to shut down the operation's command-and-control server, according to the report.
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