http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24386685-2703,00.html By Kenneth Denby Mandalay September 23, 2008 A YEAR after emailed images of Burma's brutal crackdown against democracy demonstrations were transmitted across the world, the junta has launched a ferocious "cyber war" against dissidents who use the internet. In the past few days, anti-government websites run by exiled Burmese have been inundated by artificially generated traffic that has forced them to shut down. The attacks coincided with the first anniversary of the "saffron uprising" -- 10 days of demonstrations by Buddhist monks and students that culminated in a crackdown in which dozens were killed and thousands arrested. The concerted attacks -- which appear to originate in China, Russia and Europe as well as Burma -- can only be the work of agents of the Burmese Government and may be an effort to compensate for its failure last year to stem the flow of images showing vast columns of unarmed demonstrators and their eventual dispersal under a rain of bullets and truncheons. Aung Zaw, editor of The Irrawaddy magazine and news website, based in the Thai city ofChiang Mai, said: "This attack is revenge. Last year, thepeople beat the Government in the cyber wars by getting lotsof images and live news reporting out." The cyber attacks began last Wednesday when three websites -- The Irrawaddy, the Oslo-based Democratic Voice of Burma and the New Era in Bangkok -- became inaccessible. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Tue Sep 23 2008 - 22:07:18 PDT
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