swampy1970 said:I don't think it takes more than a quick read to spot something very odd about the above - it certainly doesn't take someone with a background in IT security (which I have) to figure this out.
If Quiros is the guy that's been doing the hacking, why would Baker's IP address be on an email that sent "the trojan horse" to AFLD? I highly doubt that Quiros would have spoofed, by sheer chance, an IP address that mystically belonged to Baker, nor do I think that Quiros would be dumb enough to pick an IP that's registered to a company/ISP in either Quiros' or Bakers locale.
Given that AFLD is financially strapped for cash and has been for a while and that they 'seemingly' don't have the funds to take care of business onsight, one can being to believe that they have the latest and greatest in network security applications and hardware.
The case is about much more than FLandis. FLandis is actually more of a side show that revealed a larger conspiracy.
A small corporate intelligence firm run by former French intelligence agents was providing illegal espionage to a number of clients. The firm would hire a hacker in Morrocco to do the actual hacking. The LNDD trojan was traced to that hacker. When he was caught, evidence turned up that he had also hacked into the computers of Greenpeace and, in another incident, the computers of a corporate activist. The big issue is that the mostly government owned company (EdF) that operates French nuclear power stations was the client that was paying for the Greenpeace hack. The hack of the corporate activist was paid for by another company, Vivendi.
Other information seems to indicate that Baker himself accessed the LNDD's computer's from his home after the trojan was put into place. He took documents, modified them, and mailed them to the press. The emails in question were not sent by Baker from his home through his ISP and usual mail system. They were sent from the computers at LNDD so that the mail would appear to have come from someone in the lab. This access from Baker's home IP address I am not sure about.
Anyway, EdF has been charged with crimes. The same thing will probably happen to Vivendi. It looks like the investigation is slowly moving up the food chain. Ultimately they will presumably find that Baker paid the consulting firm.