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Analysis: Cyber Attacks on Tibet Groups

Shaun Waterman writes for UPI:

Malicious e-mail and other cyberattacks on Tibet advocacy groups in the United States are linked to Internet servers used in past hacker intrusions traced by U.S. law enforcement to China.

The link, made by security experts on the basis of publicly available data, is the first direct evidence the recently intensified attacks against the Tibet groups, reported by United Press International a week ago, were launched from China. But it remains unclear to what extent -- if any -- the Chinese government or military is implicated.

The news follows charges last week from the Save Darfur Coalition, a group opposing Chinese policy in Darfur, they had been the target of intrusion attempts "which appeared to originate in China and seemed intent on subversively monitoring, probing and disrupting coalition activities."

posted by Fergie @ 3/24/2008 01:10:00 PM