China Internet hit by “largest ever” attack

rpm · Aug 27, 2013

China hit by “largest ever” Internet attack

China has been hit by the “largest ever” attack on its Internet structure, crashing the country’s .cn servers, according to a government-linked agency.

marine1 · Aug 27, 2013

Not so nice when it's done to you hey?

Crowley · Aug 27, 2013

Must be the same guys who "hacked" the Joburg website.

marine1 · Aug 27, 2013

Crowley said:
Must be the same guys who "hacked" the Joburg website.

Wahahahahah

Odly · Aug 27, 2013

Crowley said:
Must be the same guys who "hacked" the Joburg website.

ROFL!

I would be interested to know what the people behind the DDoS are trying to achieve.

Priapus · Aug 27, 2013

Odly said:
ROFL!

I would be interested to know what the people behind the DDoS are trying to achieve.

That was my first thought to. What's their motive behind these attacks.

The_Ogre · Aug 27, 2013

Perhaps because of China's extreme censorship policies?

abandonallhope · Aug 27, 2013

Crowley said:
Must be the same guys who "hacked" the Joburg website.

I don't think they bother with the minnows, they are more interested in high profile, "world class" targets like CoJ.

Odly · Aug 27, 2013

YingYang said:
Perhaps because of China's extreme censorship policies?

I would assume it to be Hacktivist's but normally you hear from those groups about it.

falcon786 · Aug 27, 2013

Crowley said:
Must be the same guys who "hacked" the Joburg website.

Maybe it was Abraham "hacker" Mahalangu!

w1z4rd · Aug 27, 2013

"Biggest attack ever" By what standards? How many GPS was it? I cant seem to find any technical data.

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