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CPJ Internet Channel | Burma

As censorship wanes, cyberattacks rise in Burma

By Shawn W. Crispin/CPJ Southeast Asia Representative
Kachin Independence Army soldiers guard an outpost in Northern Burma's Kachin-controlled region on January 31. Journalists who cover the conflict have been subject to email hacking attacks. (AP/Alexander F. Yuan)

Cyberattacks on news websites and apparent government hacking into journalists' email accounts have raised new questions about the integrity of media reforms in Burma. The New York Times reported on Sunday that several journalists who regularly cover Burma-related news recently received warning messages from Google that their email accounts may have been hacked by "state-sponsored attackers."

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February 11, 2013 11:29 AM ET | | Comments (1)
Tags: Aye Aye Win, Bertil Lintner, Cyberattack, Democratic Voice of Burma, Facebook, Google, Internet, Irrawaddy, Myanmar Express, Nay Htun Naing, Saw Yan Naing, The Associated Press, The Voice, Wai Phyo, Weekly Eleven News Journal
CPJ Internet Channel | China, USA

Drawing lessons from Chinese attacks on US media

By Danny O’Brien/CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator
The Times reported in January that it had succeeded in expelling hackers from its computer systems. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

Not every media company is as tempting a target for hackers as The New York Times, The Washington Post, or The Wall Street Journal. Not every company can afford high-priced computer security consultants, either. Is there anything that everyday reporters and their editors can learn about protecting themselves, based on the revelatory details the Times and other targets made public last week?

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February 7, 2013 12:38 PM ET | | Comments (0)
Tags: Hacked, Internet, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Twitter, Wen Jiabao
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