as well as advertising boycotts, the editorial stance of "apple daily" has resulted in it suffering hacking attacks on an "almost weekly basis". increasingly sophisticated techniques (including placing infected files on dropbox to lure journalists into downloading them) have forced them to tighten their email security software as well as, among other measures, instructing lawyers to use couriers rather than email. a 2014 analysis by security software company fireeye connected denial-of-service attacks on "apple daily" with more professional cyber attacks, saying there may be a "common quartermaster" and that china's government would be the entity most interested in these "political objectives".