China Hacks Dalai Lama's cpu

According to two reports this weekend, the chinese government has successfully hacked 1,300 computers in 103 different countries. Most notably being the Dalai Lama's personal computer.

The type of virus, known as malware, gives the hacker the ability to move files around in the host computer, and even turn on the camera and microphone, effectively turning the cpu into a bug.

The virus is sent as an e-mail attachment, and infests upon being opened. It gives the hacker almost limitless power over the host cpu.

According to representatives from the University of Cambridge, who discovered the virus, The structure of malware is such that private individuals are easily capable of manufacturing it. This virus was created by a government agency, but average hackers are capable of similar viruses.

The virus also infected government computers in the U.S., Iran, Indonesia, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Portugal, Pakiston and Germany.

We're a bit more careful about it, knowing the nuance of what happens in the subterranean realms," said Ronald Deibert from the University of Toronto. "This could well be the CIA or the Russians. It's a murky realm that we're lifting the lid on."

The two researchers who created the program that discovered the malware say defense against this new era of hacking is almost impossible.