Mar 20 2008

Malware for Tibet supporters?

Published by jumper at 12:12 pm under Censorship, Chinese Malware, Tibet

I saw this blog (Politically Motivated Computer Crime and Hacktivism) about Tibet supporters recieving email malware in my feed reader today and thought it might be interesting to TDV readers.  The original article is here.

“We are getting virus attacks that are just shameless… claiming to be desperate people inside Tibet. The emails are well-written and emotional, pleading for us to open the images,” she told AFP.

“At the moment we are having to use outside emails because our email accounts are not working, we have to direct everything through our outside emails,” he told AFP.

Hopefully more to follow (looking for malware samples)…

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5 Responses to “Malware for Tibet supporters?”

  1. # Eastwoodon 21 Mar 2008 at 12:25 am

    very interesting read! thanks for sharing

  2. # jumperon 21 Mar 2008 at 8:27 am

    You’re very welcome. Thanks for your comments.

  3. # Security4allon 21 Mar 2008 at 7:43 pm

    The SANS ISC website has all the information

    SANS ISC website :
    http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4177

  4. # jumperon 23 Mar 2008 at 8:21 am

    Thanks for the update. Very useful info.

  5. # The Dark Visitor » NPR Article about Cyber Attacks on Activists, Journalistson 09 May 2008 at 1:51 pm

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