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China Blamed For Cyberattacks During Hong Kong Protests

The Russian founder of the popular messaging app Telegram says China hit the app with a massive denial of service attack during the Hong Kong protests this week. Telegram has been widely used in Hong Kong to coordinate the protest efforts. Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Roben Farzad (@robenfarzad), who hosts the podcast and public radio show “Full Disclosure.”

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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