CNN Site Hit By China Attack

[Purveyor]

After being called off Friday, the on-again, off-again cyberattack against CNN's Web site again picked up steam early this week, according to network security analysts.

At its peak, the attack has sucked up 100MBps in bandwidth, enough to slow the news Web site for some visitors. "That's a decent-sized attack," said Jose Nazario, a senior security engineer with Arbor Networks. "Globally speaking, it's probably garden-variety."

Organizers had originally called for the attack to be launched on April 19. But they soon called off their efforts with one organizer, CN-Magistrate, saying that "too many people are aware of it, and the situation is chaotic."

CN-Magistrate soon disbanded his Web site devoted to these attacks and dropped out of public view.

Hackers had launched some low-intensity attacks against CNN ahead of the April 19 deadline, but on Sunday, another group calling itself HackCNN picked up the attack. CNN visitors experienced a noticeable slowdown during the early hours of Sunday and Monday, researchers said.

This group also managed to deface a Sports Network Web site (sports.si.cnn.com), replacing sports scores with slogans such as "Tibet was, is, and always will be a part of China!"

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http://www.infoworld.com:80/article/08/04/23/CNN-site-hit-by-China-attack_1.html

[Ian David]

1. CNN still has visitors? n/t

[Elspeth]

2. From what I've heard, China is monitoring every keystroke Americans make

Cyberspace wars are not just the stuff of fiction.

[Virginia Dare]

3. Well, if the Chinese authoritarian overlords are reading this...

they can kiss my ASS!!.... :hi: :P

(I agree with you, BTW, the war with China will be fought in cyberspace)

[provis99]

4. now that I know that,

I will spend the next week surfing Chinese porn.