Data security meets disco fever

Data security meets disco fever Here's a travel advisory: The next time you find yourself in a foreign city at night with nothing to do, take my advice: rent a movie in your hotel room. Don't go to discos. And if you do go out, don't bring a smart phone with you. A high-ranking UK official got Shanghai'd in Shanghai last January, possibly compromising the cyber security of the British government. Out partying at a disco in the Forbidden City, he went home with an attractive Chinese national. He woke up with a smile on his face, but the girl and his Blackberry were missing. (Hey, at least he still had his kidneys.) According to the Times of London: A senior official said yesterday that the incident had all the hallmarks of a suspected honeytrap by Chinese intelligence. ....Experts say that even if the aide’s device did not... [read full story]