Chinese Spyware Code 'Jian' Was Copied From America's National Security Agency, Researchers Say

0 20 Chinese spies used code first developed by the US National Security Agency to help their hacking operations, Israeli researchers mentioned on Monday, one other indication of how malicious software program developed by governments can boomerang in opposition to their creators. Tel Aviv-based Check Point Software Technologies issued a report noting that some options in a chunk of China-linked malware it dubs "Jian" had been so comparable they may solely have been stolen from a few of the National Security Agency break-in instruments leaked to the web in 2017. Yaniv Balmas, Checkpoint's head of analysis, referred to as Jian…