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Stories about: dissidents

Communist Hackers Build Botnet to Attack Vietnamese Dissidents A new trojan, created by a group of hackers sympathizing with the Vietnamese Communist Party, was specifically built to attack dissident websites and bloggers.The malware, which has been dubbed Vecebot by Atlanta-based security vendor SecureWorks, was created and released on around October 13.The trojan drops several... 1 November 2010 06:56 GMT 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Chinese Dissident The Nobel Committee announced on October 8 that the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize goes to renowned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who is currently incarcerated in his homeland. The award was bestowed on him for his “long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. The […] committee ... 9 October 2010 05:32 GMT Yahoo! VS Chinese Dissidents Part 2 If you remember the very publicized lawsuit of last November, when Yahoo! was pointed fingers at for handing access to email, email records and user identification information over to the Chinese authorities, this might feel like a deja-vu altogether. The first lawsuit was settled out of court with the plaintiffs, th... 4 March 2008 06:42 GMT