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November 24, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/22/world/meast/syria-cyberwar/index.html

Cyberwar Explodes in Syria

(CNN) Ivan Watson - A student activist in Syria phoned a reporter abroad using Skype and Psiphon, an online encryption system that protected him from detection by the Syrian security services. Psiphon is a surveillance-busting networking system designed by a Canadian company with funding from the U.S. State Department. The company's CEO, Rafal Rohozinski, told CNN the software had been "aggressively" introduced to Syria just three weeks ago. Since then, thousands of people had begun using it.

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