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State-sponsored attacks: open season on online journalists

By Danny O’Brien/CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator

The last few weeks have offered the strongest indications yet that nation-states are using customized software to exploit security flaws on personal computers and consumer Internet services to spy on their users. The countries suspected include the United States, Israel, and China. Journalists should pay attention--not only because this is a growing story, but because if anyone is a vulnerable target, it's reporters.

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June 8, 2012 2:39 PM ET |
Tags: Caijing, Cyberattack, Daniel Drezner, Flame, Foreign Policy, France 24, Google, Internet, Microsoft, Southern Weekly, Stuxnet, Tan Yifei, Venus Cao, Xander Yang
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