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CNN Website Targeted by DoS

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the different-kind-of-d-o-s dept.

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."

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  1. nothing of value was lost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll


    yeah , lets stir up more xenophobia
    can we work the Iranians and terrorism into this story ?

  2. Time not on their side by Gothmolly · · Score: 0, Troll

    As the world turns against them, and their looming food and environmental disaster grows larger, time is running out for China. It's only a matter of time before they implode.

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  3. Why Is It... by IonOtter · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...that everyone automatically assumes that any allegedly "hostile action" coming out of China is being perpetrated by the government?

    What about ordinary citizens?

    I mean, come ON people! China was a superpower TWO THOUSAND YEARS before the Egyptians were building their pyramids! There's just a teeeeeny-tiny smidgen of National Pride, here folks. Not to mention that a full half of everything we have in our so-called 'modern world' came from Chinese inventions a few thousand years ago?

    And here WE are, not even 400 years old, acting like we're all that.

    Please. This isn't an attack by the Chinese government? This is a proper bitch-slapping by a bunch of kids in the Chinese equivalent of Kintergarten who got mad because we're dissing their national heritage.

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  4. We're just like them. by FatSean · · Score: 0, Troll

    Americans and their government refuse to admit that they did wrong by invading Iraq and setting up Gitmo.

    *shrug*

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