China has cyber attacks on Amnesty International Canada, 3 weeks work affected

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Toronto: The Canadian branch of Amnesty International said on Monday that it was launched by China sponsored cyber attacks. The human rights organization said that it was first discovered on October 5 and appointed forensic investigators and cyber security experts to investigate it. Amnesty International Canadian general secretary KT Nivyabandi reported that the cyber attacks on his systems were particularly and completely belonging to China and Hong Kong as well as some major Chinese activists. Due to this hacking, the organization became ‘offline’ for about three weeks.

According to the US cyber security company ‘Secureworks’, an attempt was not made to recover the money for this. Behind this attack, probably “was a group that was sponsored by China or working at its behest” because the way this attack was carried out and specific equipment was used, sponsored by China Only groups are identified. Nivyabandi appealed to the workers and journalists to update their cyber security in view of this attack.

Nivyabandi said, “As an organization advocating human rights globally, we are aware that we can be targeted for a nation -sponsored attack to disrupt or monitor our work. Is. We will not be afraid of this and the safety and privacy of our workers, employees, donors and stakeholders will be our first priority. ”The Embassy of China in Ottawa was contacted in this regard, but no response has been received from there yet.