Freelance security worker 'coded Google cyber attack'
Date: February 23, 2010Source: Contractor UK
Traced by US officials, IT contractor reportedly created a code that compromised computers and planted spyware within them, thanks to a previously unknown hole in Internet Explorer.
Alongside Google, about 34 western companies were hit by his code, parts of which the 30-something freelancer uploaded to a hacking forum, a US official claimed.
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