{{Hackers have attacked Dalai Lama’s Chinese-language website, installing an unidentified piece of malware which could have compromised visitors’ computers, a spokesperson said.}}<\/p>\n
The brief attack targeted the Tibet.net, which is the official site of the Tibetan government-in-exile, providing information about the parliament, cabinet, administrative departments and public offices.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are a prominent target for attacks by Chinese hackers,\u201d Tashi Phuntsok, a spokesperson for the exiled government based in the northern Indian town of Dharamshala, told media.<\/p>\n
\u201cI assume they do it to steal our documents, disable our communication systems or spy on people who visit our sites,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Later on Tuesday, the website was functioning again and the virus had been removed.<\/p>\n
Kurt Baumgartner, a researcher at Kaspersky Lab, a global manufacturer of antivirus software based in Moscow, detected the attack late on Monday and said the website had been \u201cstrategically compromised\u201d as a result.<\/p>\n
The attack involved the installation of a type of malware called a \u201cbackdoor\u201d on users’ computers, Baumgartner wrote on a blog maintained by the cyber-security firm.<\/p>\n
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