czwartek, 19 czerwca 2014

Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid blames Beijing for cyberattack

The website of Apple Daily, known for its critical stance on Beijing, suffered a blackout for several hours after what it described as a large-scale attack launched by sophisticated hackers A leading Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid Thursday blamed Beijing for a massive cyberattack on its website, just days after a series of similar attacks on an online referendum on electoral reform. The website of Apple Daily, known for its critical stance on Beijing, suffered a blackout for several hours on Wednesday after what it described as a large-scale attack launched by sophisticated hackers. The attack comes at a time of heightened tension in the former British colony as pro-democracy activists worry that Beijing will backtrack on universal suffrage promised to Hong Kong in 2017. In a front page article headlined "We will never backtrack", the Apple Daily accused Beijing of orchestrating the cyberattack.








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