E-mail viruses target foreign media in China
One impersonated a visiting news editor asking for interviews, another contained a petition and the third came with a questionnaire.
These e-mail messages sent to China-based foreign media over the past three days had one thing in common: they appeared to contain attachments with viruses. While cyber attacks are nothing new in China, the latest round appears to be more sophisticated and targeted at foreign media in the run-up to the People’s Republic’s 60th National Day on Oct 1.
Ahead of the Oct 1 celebrations, the government has sharply ramped up security around the capital, with armed paramilitary police lining bridges, volunteers patrolling neighbourhoods and checkpoints set up on roads leading to Beijing.
