err0r Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Blog publishing platform WordPress was running normally on Sunday after suffering cyber attacks suspected to have originated in China. WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg told TechCrunch, a leading Silicon Valley technology blog powered by WordPress, that the first distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks began on Thursday and continued into Friday. In a typical DDoS attack, a large number of computers are commanded to simultaneously visit a website, overwhelming its servers, slowing service or knocking it offline completely. WordPress, which powers millions of websites, said it had been hit by an "extremely large" DDoS attack "affecting connectivity in some cases." Mullenweg told TechCrunch that 98 percent of the attacks over the two-day period originated in China and they were likely "politically motivated." He said one of the targeted sites was a Chinese-language site operating on WordPress which also appears to be blocked on Chinese search engine Baidu. He did not identify the site. Hackers operating from China have been frequently accused of carrying cyber attacks including a widely publicized penetration of Google computers in 2009 which led the Internet giant to halt censorship of its search engine in China. Google said the cyberattacks originating in China included attempts to access the email accounts of Chinese human rights activists around the world. US computer firm McAfee said last month that hackers from China have also infiltrated computer networks of global oil companies, stealing financial documents on bidding plans and other confidential information. According to US diplomatic files obtained and published by WikiLeaks, the United States believes that China's leadership has directed hacking campaigns into computers of Google and Western governments. In one cable, the US embassy in Beijing said it learned from "a Chinese contact" that the Politburo had led years of hacking into computers of the United States, its allies and Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Source: AFP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morph3us Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 (edited) ah it always seems from there... I have hackers from china tryin to hack my WoW account by sending fake emails sayin my account has been suspected in violating its ToS.. I do a who is on the dmain and it seems like its always from china.. Its too bad my account has an authenticator Edited March 7, 2011 by morph3us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 ah it always seems from there... I have hackers from china tryin to hack my WoW account by sending fake emails sayin my account has been suspected in violating its ToS.. I do a who is on the dmain and it seems like its always from china.. Its too bad my account has an authenticator Damn those chinese hackers lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morph3us Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 lol its rather sad... Lets hack a most popular business?? next stop "lets get the CIA or FBI" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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