Saturday 27 February 2016

Controversy surrounds Myanmar hackers claim

Controversy surrounds claims that Myanmar-based hackers, possibly with links to the military, have been attacking Thai government websites since early January.

The Blink Hacker Group said in Facebook posts and in an e-mail interview that its attacks were in retaliation for Thailand sentencing two Myanmar nationals to death for the murder of two British backpackers late last year, according to a Reuters report on February 26.

But the Thai police said they did not believe the hackers were based in Myanmar.

Myanmar individuals named in the recently released report, “Unleashed: Unveiling Cyber Warfare in Myanmar”, by a Swedish cyber security expert, Tord Lundström, are upset over the allegations they are involved in hacking, according to a Myanmar Times report, February 26. For the full article click here 



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