State-backed hackers target Google accounts of multiple wanted Hong Kong exiles
國家級黑客圖入侵多名遭通緝流亡港人Google帳戶
Hong Kong fugitives wanted by the Hong Kong government—former Legislative Council member Ted Hui, former district councillor Carmen Lau and Chloe Cheung Hei Ching—received warnings from Google yesterday (the 8th) saying that Government-backed attackers had attempted to steal their account passwords. Ted Hui, who is in Australia, wrote on social media, citing Google as saying that such incidents occur to fewer than 0.1% of Google users, and urged people to strengthen their online security measures. Hui wrote: “I receive this kind of warning from time to time throughout the year. Which rising power in the world, which cowardly regime, would support hackers and resort to illegal means to target people striving for democracy and freedom?” ReNews reported that Carmen Lau, a former district councillor in the United Kingdom and senior international advocacy officer at the Hong Kong Democracy Council, received the same warning from Google on the same day. She also received a large number of phishing emails, while multiple fake accounts impersonating her appeared on Facebook. More than 10 people involved in Hong Kong advocacy work, including people who are not public figures, have also recently received the same warning. It is believed that the actions were organised. Lau said she had received similar warnings from Google in the past.
被港府通緝的流亡海外人士許智峯、劉珈汶和張晞晴，昨（8日）收到Google發出的警告，稱有國家級黑客（Government-backed attackers）試圖偷取他們的帳號密碼。 在澳洲的前立法會議員許智峯在社交網站發文，引述Google指這情況只會發生在少於0.1%的 Google 用戶身上，呼籲他們加強網上保安措施。 許智峯在帖文中表示，「這種警告，我一年到晚間中都會收到．究竟是世界上哪個崛起的強國，哪個怯懦的政權，會支持黑客，不惜以非法手段去對付爭取民主自由的人士？」 另外，網媒ReNews報道，在英國的前區議員、香港民主委員會高級國際倡議幹事劉珈汶亦在同一日，收到來自Google的同樣警告，同時她收到大量釣魚電郵，Facebook亦出現多個假冒她的帳戶，另外有逾10名參與香港倡議工作的人，包括並非公眾人物的人，近期亦收到同樣的警告，相信上述行動背後有組織。她透露過去也曾收過Google的同類警告。