Thursday, March 27, 2008

Attacks on Save Darfur I.T. Systems

Take a look at Save Darfur's press release about the hack on their IT systems. They are working with the FBI related to their system hack. Looks like only names, email addresses, basic info take from the website. At least that's for now.

---- a portion of the press release----

China-Based I.T. Attacks Reported to FBI, Save Darfur Denounces Efforts to Disrupt Coalition Advocacy

Fowler: Someone in Beijing is clearly trying to send us a message, but they’re mistaken if they think these attacks will end efforts to bring peace to Darfur.

WASHINGTON – The Save Darfur Coalition met this week with special agents from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations to report increasing I.T. attacks on coalition systems – attacks which appear to originate in China and primarily target and probe the coalition’s aggressive China advocacy efforts to bring peace and security to Darfur. As the coalition’s China advocacy campaign has intensified, officials have noticed increasingly sophisticated and subversive attempts to intercept emails and infect computers with malicious programs. During the meeting with FBI officials, the coalition provided technical information and offered a detailed account of the recent attacks.