Journalists' Yahoo E-Mail Accounts Compromised In China

andy1307 writes "According to this article in the New York Times, 'In what appears to be a coordinated assault, the e-mail accounts of at least a dozen rights activists, academics and journalists who cover China have been compromised by unknown intruders. The infiltrations, which involved Yahoo e-mail accounts, appeared to be aimed at people who write about China and Taiwan, rendering their accounts inaccessible, according to those who were affected. In the case of this reporter, hackers altered e-mail settings so that all correspondence was surreptitiously forwarded to another e-mail address. ... The victims of the most recent intrusions included a law professor in the United States, an analyst who writes about China's security apparatus and several print journalists based in Beijing and Taipei, the capital of Taiwan."

Comments

Damn Chinese!

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Don't you know that you should do your wiretapping directly at the ISP level, like real Americans?

Re:This is why you don't do business with China

[Anonymous Coward]

I carved it myself, out of a solid lump of silicon.

Re:Is anyone surprised?

[h00manist]

"Socialism GOOD, capitalism BAD! Kill THEM for FREEDOM!". Umm oh wait, sorry that was on the other side, whatever, just invert it.