How Chinese hacking felled telecommunication giant Nortel

By News on the Net Financial Review —— Bio and Archives June 28, 2015

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Cyber security adviser Brian Shields sensed something was wrong when he received a message from his manager at North American telecommunications giant Nortel.

An employee in the United Kingdom office had detected that a senior executive in Canada, Brian McFadden, had downloaded the Brit’s work documents from the company server. It was odd, because the documents were irrelevant to McFadden’s responsibilities. The British employee sent an email to McFadden asking why he wanted the documents. More...