Black Code Page #2

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[woman, in English] Tibetans are watched

from every angle and from every corner.

It's in their homes, it's in their

offices, it's in the streets.

In Tibet,

certainly in central Tibet

and around

the capital city of Lhasa,

Chinese authorities, together

with Chinese corporations,

telecommunications companies,

they've integrated the ability to spy

on people via their mobile phone,

via the last communications they

may have had over the Internet.

Down to the closed circuit

television camera on the streets.

The Chinese so strictly

control access to Tibet,

it's just like a black hole

for media,

for independent observers,

for international agencies,

for anything.

[Golog, in Tibetan]

[woman speaks in Tibetan]

[Golog]

How I escaped is a secret.

[light music]

[Tethong] People are

incredibly courageous.

People inside Tibet will

send out news and information.

And they'll say,

"I want this story to be told."

They could be imprisoned.

They could be tortured.

Their family

could pay the price.

[music continues]

We on the outside have to decide

how to walk this very, sort of, fine line

between protecting people's security

and honoring their wishes about

getting news and information out.

And we know for a fact,

thanks to Citizen Lab's report,

that we are being

successfully targeted.

[music stops]

A new report has been released from

a group of digital detectives.

From their computers in Toronto,

they've tracked a high-tech spy ring

that reaches around the world.

[typewriter clicks]

[reporter]

For the past ten months,

these computer experts have

been working as cyber sleuths

hot on the trail of a massive

electronic spy network.

They say it has taken control of

nearly 1,300 high-level computers

in more than 100 countries.

A discovery that could have

major political implications.

They can extract any

document they wanted.

They could turn on web cameras,

turn on audio devices,

so that they could,

in effect, use the computers

as a listening device

in the offices.

[reporter] The web of intrigue

started with the Dalai Lama

who thought his computer

had been hacked.

Up until about 2007 or 2008, I'd

never really heard of malware.

You know, I'd heard

of viruses, obviously,

but I hadn't really heard

about targeted malware attacks

affecting

the human rights community.

[clicking]

First time I heard about it was

in the context of the Tibetans.

Gradually we started piecing together,

they are under surveillance.

The surveillance comes

from groups within China.

They're using malicious software

and socially-engineered e-mails.

E-mails that are crafted

to get them to open it up

to get inside their devices.

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