Tibetan Spiritual Leader the Dalai Lama sits down with CNN's Sara Sidner and discusses China, Tibetan autonomy and more.
Analysts in China are dismissing claims that nearly 1,300 computers in more than 100 countries have been attacked, and have become part of a cyber-espionage network apparently based in China.
"This is purely another political issue that the West is trying to exaggerate," Song Xiaojun, a Beijing-based strategy and military analyst, told China Daily, a state-run newspaper.
Zhu Feng, a professor with the school of international studies at Peking University, added: "Cyber security has been a global issue, but this time those who see China as an emerging threat again have picked the subject as a new weapon."
Computers -- including machines at NATO, governments and embassies -- are infected with software that lets attackers gain complete control of them, cyber-security experts alleged in two reports Sunday.
One report was issued by the University of Toronto's Munk Center for International Studies in conjunction with the Ottawa, Canada-based think tank The SecDev Group; the second came from the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.
Researchers have dubbed the cyber-espionage network GhostNet. The network can not only search a computer but see and hear the people using it, according to the Canadian report.
"GhostNet is capable of taking full control of infected computers, including searching and downloading specific files, and covertly operating attached devices, including microphones and web cameras," the report says.
The discovery of GhostNet grew out of suspicions that the office of the Dalai Lama had been hacked.
His staff sent a foreign diplomat an e-mail invitation to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader, but before the Dalai Lama's people could follow up with a phone call, "the diplomat's office was contacted by the Chinese government and warned not to go ahead with the meeting," according to the Cambridge report.
The investigation resulted in both reports. Both found links to computers in China, but the researchers did not conclude who they thought was behind the "malware," or malicious software.
The Dalai Lama told CNN he did not know who was behind the hacking, but said there should be an investigation.
China, he added, "as a great nation... (has a) certain sort of moral responsibility and practical responsibility. Now in order to utilize that opportunity, China should -- must -- bring trust from rest of the world. Then China really can (a) make positive contribution," he told CNN's Sara Sidner.
"In spite (of being a) big nation, they act like (a) very weak nation -- all sort of spying... I think that is very, very unfortunate," he said through a translator.
The cybersecurity experts who say they discovered GhostNet said China was a player in the field, but did not blame Beijing for the attacks.
"Chinese cyber espionage is a major global concern... (b)ut attributing all Chinese malware to deliberate or targeted intelligence gathering operations by the Chinese state is wrong and misleading," says the Canadian report, titled, "Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network."
"The sheer number of young digital natives online can more than account for the increase in Chinese malware," it adds.
But the report also points out that China is among a handful of countries, also including the United States, Israel and the United Kingdom, which are "assumed" to have considerable cyber-espionage capabilities.
Organizers of a peace conference meant to showcase the role of sports in promoting unity canceled the forum Tuesday, citing the South African government's decision to block the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, from attending.
South Africa's denial of a visa to the Dalai Lama prompted a quick exodus of several star members of the conference's lineup, who accused the government of succumbing to pressure from China, a major trade partner. The government's decision drew widespread condemnation, with critics portraying it as a major blunder ahead of the nation's hosting of the 2010 Soccer World Cup and an erosion of South Africa's reputation as a beacon of freedom and human rights.
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OH man, am sick n tired of saying words like "China, Chinese". I swear to god, there is this a huge sense of unwillingness attached with these words. I feel this unwanting feeling against them. I just wish I was born free so I dont have to hate these words so much. What can I say, I have this burden in my chest of always wondering how it feels to be free. A person with free nation and free of dark feelings against those words. om mani padmi hung!
CompassionateTIB 1 year ago
The CCP has evolved into the Fascist Corporate State, which was the hallmark of Classic Fascism.
Fascist CCP is a brutal police state where corruption is pervasive from the bottom to the very top.
Fascist CCPs main hold on the people now is an appeal to Nationalism and Patriotism
The Brainwashed WUMAOS are Stupid Idiots, filled with, Hatred, Ignorance, and Racism.
WUMAOS know nothing about Tibet,
dorje168 1 year ago
Chinese peopel should wake up and must know the reality inside Tibet instant of listening to CCP's propogandas.
tibetsorrow 2 years ago
The Chinese should see that it is in their best interest to work with the Dalai Lama to assure the identity and cultural integrity of Tibet, to resolve the concerns of the Tibetan people and to take meaningful steps to build the foundation for a legitimate solution for Tibet, recognizing genuine Tibetan autonomy within China.
USA President Barack Obama
dorje168 2 years ago
I love this man :-)
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Genesisqzoa 2 years ago
DEMOCRACY IN CHINA!
STOP
CCP TERROR
PHYSICAL OR DIGITAL
FREE TIBET
FOR
FREE TIBETANS.
Peace,
Alexander.
cyspaceboy 2 years ago 2