Tibet’s government-in-exile denounced a cyber spy network Monday for hacking into the organization’s computers, while a scholar said the sophisticated operation may have helped identify those inside Tibet who speak to exile groups.

The exiled Tibetans were commenting on reports by a Canadian research group that the network, based mainly in China, hacked into classified documents from government and private organizations in 103 countries, including the computers of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan exiles.

“We are told that

much of these viruses originate in China. We do not know whether the Chinese government has any part in such activities,” said Thupten Samphel, the official spokesman of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, once presided by a theocratic government but fled to India 50 years ago when China quashed an uprising, placing the Himalayan region under Beijing’s direct rule. He and the Tibetan government-in-exile are based in Dharmsala, […]

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