Members of a film crew working on State of Control, a documentary about Tibet, are convinced that the Chinese government is behind cyberattacks on their computers.
They’ve been faced with unknown parties taking external control over a computer’s cursor; abrupt log-offs; at least one fried operating system; and DDoS attacks. China has been getting plenty of attention for its cyberespionage campaign designed to snatch business secrets, but the government apparently has a penchant for using cyberattacks to suppress free speech as well.
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Tibet-Documentary Filmmakers Draw Ire of Chinese Hackers
Posted by: David Vranicar April 1, 2013 09:25 AMMembers of a film crew working on State of Control, a documentary about Tibet, are convinced that the Chinese government is behind cyberattacks on their computers.
They’ve been faced with unknown parties taking external control over a computer’s cursor; abrupt log-offs; at least one fried operating system; and DDoS attacks. China has been getting plenty of attention for its cyberespionage campaign designed to snatch business secrets, but the government apparently has a penchant for using cyberattacks to suppress free speech as well.