Tag Archives: Internet Security

• Tibetan techie recognised for excellence in making change 6 December 2020 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has 5 comments

  Tibetan cybersecurity expert Lobsang Sither has been recognised as one of the 'Changemakers of Tomorrow' for working to build a brighter future, among 32 people shortlisted for this year's award, by UK-based Wired Magazine. ...

• Snowden granted permanent residency in Russia 22 October 2020 This post has no comments yet

  Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted permanent residency in Russia, his lawyer said on Thursday. Snowden, 37, fled the United States after he revealed in 2013 that the US government was spying on its citizens. ...

• China forces tourists to install an app that steals data 3 July 2019 | David Reid This post has no comments yet

  Police in China are secretly installing spy apps on phones of visitors to the country that can extract emails, texts and address contacts, according to a cross-media investigation. ...

• Facebook shares plunge, Mark Zuckerberg loses $15 billion 26 July 2018 | Vibhuti Sharma, Munsif Vengattil This post has one comment

  Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune took a more than $15-billion hit on Thursday, as the social media company suffered the biggest one-day wipeout in US stock market. ...

• Chinese hackers tried to take down Tibetan social networking website 3 January 2016 | Wang Wei This post has no comments yet

  Tibetan Groups, especially pro-democracy activists, are being repeatedly targeted by persistent Cyber Attacks by Chinese State-sponsored hackers. ...

• Chinese hackers spying on Tibetan groups in India for years, experts say 21 August 2015 | James Griffiths This post has no comments yet

  Chinese crackers are believed to be targeting Tibetan exile groups in India for at least four years, despite China denying involvement in cracking. ...

• China deploys new weapon for online censorship in form of “Great Cannon” 11 April 2015 | Andrea Peterson This post has no comments yet

  The Great Cannon likely could also be used to deliver malicious code to any computer visiting a Web site based in China that does not use encryption. ...

• Thank Snowden: Internet industry now considers intelligence community an adversary, not a partner 13 February 2015 This post has no comments yet

  The whole issue of increasing encryption by the tech companies has been left off the official schedule of the White House cybersecurity summit. ...

• Internet titans shine light on secret US data requests 4 February 2014 | Glenn Chapman This post has no comments yet

  Internet titans eager to regain the trust of users for the first time on Monday provided insight into numbers of secret requests for user data made by the US government. ...

• NSA snooping ‘illegal, violates privacy’ 24 January 2014 | Rob Lever This post has no comments yet

  A watchdog panel concluded Thursday that bulk data collection by the United States is illegal and should be stopped, prompting praise from intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. ...