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Dalai Lama's China site hacked, infecting visitors: expert warns

August 13, 2013

Dalai Lama's China site hacked, infecting visitors: expert warns

Reuters, By Jim Finkle

A prominent computer security firm warned that the Dalai Lama's Chinese-language website has been hacked and is infecting visitors' computers with viruses in what may to be an effort to spy on human rights activists who frequently visit the site.

Kaspersky Lab researcher Kurt Baumgartner told Reuters on Monday that he is advising web surfers to stay away from the Chinese-language site of the Central Tibetan Administration, or CTA, until the organization fixes the bug. He described the attack on his company's blog: bit.ly/16LuBoP.

Technical evidence suggests the group behind the campaign was also responsible for previous breaches on that site as well as attacks on groups that focus on human rights in Asia, Baumgartner said. Read more.

Dalai Lama's China site hacked, infecting visitors: expert warns

Dalai Lama's China site hacked, infecting visitors: expert warns
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