UK E-Mail Hack Work of a National Government?
The sophistication of the attack indicates that it was likely carried out by a national government.
By Kara Reeder
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According to the UK government's former chief scientist, Sir David King, the hacking of climate research e-mails from the UK's Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia may have been planned either by a government agency or by lobbyists hoping to derail the Copenhagen Summit, reports V3.co.uk.
This article was originally published on Feb 2, 2010
King says the sophistication of the attack means that it was likely carried out by a national government. He isn't sure what government could be responsible. It could be the Russian intelligence agency, he says, because the e-mails were posted to a Russian server.
