STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 16 September 2013

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49. Belgium investigates suspected cyber spying by foreign state

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/16/us-usa-security-belgium-idUSBRE98F0A320130916

(Reuters) - Belgium said on Monday it was investigating suspected foreign state espionage against its main telecoms company, which is the top carrier of voice traffic in Africa and the Middle East, and a newspaper pointed the finger at the United States.

Federal prosecutors said in a statement that the former state telecoms monopoly Belgacom had filed a complaint in July about the hacking of several servers and computers.

"The inquiry has shown that the hacking was only possible by an intruder with significant financial and logistic means," they said.

"This fact, combined with the technical complexity of the hacking and the scale on which it occurred, points towards international state-sponsored cyber espionage." The prosecutors declined to say which foreign state they suspected.