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Germany Furious Over Chinese Spy Hackers

Berlin government computers infected with espionage programs

By Heather McPherson, Newser User

Posted Aug 27, 2007 5:52 AM CDT

(Newser) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel kicked off her Chinese summit today amid highly charged reports in der Spiegel that the Chinese have been spying on the German government by hacking into computers in several German ministries. Scores of official computers are said to have been infected... Read full story »

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