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CNN Website Targeted by DoS
antifoidulus writes "CNN is reporting that they were the target of a Denial of Service attack yesterday. According to the article, there have been reports on Asian tech sites that Chinese hackers were targeting CNN for their coverage of the unrest in Tibet. One has to wonder if this hacking attempt was government sponsored or not. The Chinese government hasn't been very happy with CNN -- in fact, the Beijing Bureau Chief has been summoned about a day before this happened."
If it wasn't government sponsored, then it was promulgated by some individual or group with substantial resources (a hitherto-unknown botnet, perhaps.) They need to be found out and put away for a few years. On the other hand, if it was sponsored by the Chinese leadership it means they're attempting to extend their brand of censorship worldwide. In which case, they also need to be put away for a few years.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
No, I don't, and nor does anybody else. Since when did an attack coming from a country mean the government was involved? How many domestic hacking attempts have there been against the government? Was the government hacking the government? Hardly. Given the public Chinese outcry against the West for the way we've treated the Tibet issue, isn't it quite possible, quite plausible, that a few people out of 1 321 851 888 candidates took it just a wee bit too far? Why on earth must the government be under suspicion before we even have a clue as to who did it?
-Devin Jeanpierre
I guess normally cnn could handle a slashdotting, but why add to their woes today? Anyway I couldn't read TFA, the sever was dead. Maybe it's best if other people don't try!
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If it is a government sponsored attack, then it's really not very smart. It just serves to bring attention to the issue, not bury it.
Poking at big news bureaus like this doesn't make them back down. It makes them more resolute in their reporting and possibly (probably) more biased against your cause.
-S
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I doubt they will implode. They now have amazing manufacturing capabilities -- all thanks to the many high-tech companies that outsourced everything to China.
And the way the government works over there, maybe they will just go out and kill anyone who dares to starve and charge the family for the bullet.
If China implodes, chances are good the US will have imploded before they do. And if it comes to that, do you really want any nuclear power to implode? I'm betting they would make demands of Taiwan and Tibet and if there was not cooperation, China would go to war to secure the resources.
And as to time not being on China's side, that's one thing China has always used to advantage. The plan ahead and they wait. They make 5 year plans look like child's play. Think of the Chinese water torture. They use time as an ally.
Yes, that would be interesting to know. But one of the more insightful views I've heard recently in the China vs. Tibet matter, is that "after so many years of communist rule, it is hard for Chinese people to make a distinction between government, communist party, policy and country". As a result, criticism of Chinese actions concerning Tibet may be felt not as attacks on policy, but attacks on the Chinese people and country. Don't know if that is true, but I'd welcome readers from China to comment on that.
There is a big difference between saying "you are bad" and saying "you are doing something bad". I guess the real gain is that more people (including the Chinese) are talking about Tibet now, and maybe someday the Chinese *people* will realize that Tibetans just want the same thing as the Chinese: run their own affairs, be left alone, and live in peace with their neighbors.
In general I feel that whenever 'weapons' (DoS attacks, censorship, physical force) are used to end a discussion, it means that party has run out of reasonable arguments (and in a way, admits moral defeat).
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"Cafferty used the microphone in his hands to slander China and the Chinese people (and) seriously violated professional ethics of journalism and human conscience," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Tuesday at a news conference
I was not aware that China was recognizing a professional ethics of journalism code... You know, when you imprison journalist based on political beliefs, force state-run journalist to run stories favorable to the government, etc
I sincerely hope that the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman was joking about it!
This brings a very important point, that the Chinese as a whole does not believe, rightfully, in democracy in the form exists particular in the U.S. Not to be confused with some Chinese do believe, but the vast majority don't. With the huge population, culture, and history, the Chinese has different set of values. You don't have to agree with them, but you have no right to judge them when yourself are guilty of worse atrocities worldwide.