More than 70 companies, governments and non-profit organizations around the world were attacked by hackers in a massive cyberspying operation that experts say was likely conducted by China.
In a report released Wednesday, the security firm McAfee said the five-year mission included a wide range of victims, including the United Nations, the International Olympic Committee, a Department of Energy Research Laboratory and nearly two dozen defense contractors. The victims were spread across more than a dozen countries, though 49 of the 72 identified targets were located in the United States.
The data stolen included closely-guarded national secrets, source code, email archives, negotiation plans and exploration details for new oil and gas field auctions, the report said.
Dmitri Alperovitch, McAfee's vice president of threat research, said it was unclear what the data was being used for, but if even a small amount was used to compete against other companies, "the loss represents a massive economic threat not just to individual companies and industries, but to entire countries that face the prospect of decreased economic growth."
The report comes in the wake of a string of high-profile cyber-attacks against corporations and government agencies, including Sony, Lockheed Martin and the Central Intelligence Agency. Last month, the Defense Department said foreign hackers infiltrated the network of a defense contractor in March, stealing 24,000 military files in one of the most devastating data breaches suffered by the Pentagon to date.
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