Chinese Hackers Suspected in Cyber Attack on Council on Foreign Relations

That's a solid source they have -

"Investigators said the computer attackers that targeted CFR were able to set up a covert network capable of identifying, encrypting and sending stolen information found in targeted and infected computers back to a secret command and control computer."

And they even mentioned that Internet Explorer versions 8 and above were vulnerable. I really hope the AV companies or someone puts together a nice White Paper about this.

But before that, i hope that IE vulnerability isn't a 0day.

Interesting that in several cases, attackers on political-related sites do not attempt to shut down the site, instead they attempt to use the site to begin surveillance on people who visit those sites.

This fingerprint is a classic indicator of an intelligence operation. Their goal is more information collection. It's not just a bunch of nationalistic hackers out to make a political point.

We are in some weird kind of low-level cyber warfare in the world. The games the criminals used to play are now being played by all the larger national governments.