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Cyber-attacks on press up in number, down in cost

By Danny O'Brien/CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator

The last two weeks have seen a spate of denial-of-service (DOS) attacks against news sites, coordinated attempts to overwhelm outlets with fake incoming data so the sites cannot respond to legitimate users.

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Fighting bogus piracy raids, Microsoft issues new licenses

By Danny O'Brien/CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator

CPJ has documented for several years the use of spurious anti-piracy raids to shut down and intimidate media organizations in Russia and the former Soviet republics. Offices have been shut down, and computers seized. Often, security agents make bogus claims to be representing or acting on behalf of the U.S. software company Microsoft.

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