Tibetan Dissident Blogger Hacked and Impersonated on Skype

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By contolini

June 3, 2008

I was dismayed to learn that Tsering Woeser, the prominent Tibetan poet and blogger, has been under attack from the Honker Union.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reports that the hacker group has broken into Woeser's Skype account, and is advising anyone in the dissident network to block any form of communication from her account.

Steve Gold

Thursday, May 29, 2008

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