Interesting prospect: Chinese hackers plotting DDoS against CNN?

[swag]

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27042?netht=rn_041808&nladname=041808


Press and blog reports are emerging this morning of an impending DDoS attack this weekend against CNN by Chinese hackers reportedly upset with the network's coverage of the relationship between China and Tibet.

There's some indication that CNN's site may already be experiencing difficulties.

From The Dark Visitor, a blog that tracks "the inside world of Chinese hacker":

Many more Chinese sites, not just hacker, starting to call for the DDOS attack on CNN. Also they are starting to solidify their plans. Here are the details from one posting on the Guilin University of Electronic Technology bulletin board:

Attack will start on 19 April 2008, at 8:00 pm

DDOS attack on www.cnn.com

The DDOS attack is going to last over three hours

They need a large number of compromised computers to carry out the attack and are requesting everyone’s support in putting to together the number needed

There have been reports already of Internet users having difficulty accessing the CNN site.

Arbor Networks reports that it is monitoring nothing significant at the moment in terms of recent attacks directed at CNN, although there have been some.

These attacks were very small; they barely registered, so it’s hard to say that they’re the massive onslaught that we may see this weekend. It’s possible this is entirely unrelated - a lot of hackers try to bring down major websites like this every day.

[pdxmom]

1. CNN has experienced these attacks from the Chinese off and on for

years. There was one about 8 or 9 years ago that really created problems for them and took them down for a couple of days. They're always mad at CNN for their coverage of anything related to China.

[Richard Steele]

2. Brilliant move, Chinese hackers. This is BOUND to improve world opinion of China.

Dumbasses.

[provis99]

3. This is just CNN being full of themselves

"We're CNN; we're so important, Chinese hackers are out to get us!"

Maybe they can make that their new slogan.