Google Attackers Identified as Chinese Government

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Google Attackers Identified as Chinese Government

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday January 14, 2010 @05:46AM from the well-this-isn't-good dept.

forand writes Researchers, examining the attacks on Google and over 20 other companies in December, have determined 'the source IPs and drop server of the attack correspond to a single foreign entity consisting either of agents of the Chinese state or proxies thereof.'"

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World War III - The Cyber War by ATestR · 2010-01-14 05:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Coming to a planet near you.

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1. Re:World War III - The Cyber War by Anonymous Coward · 2010-01-14 05:55 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Like 9/11, this was actually organized by the US Government to foster dislike of China to facilitate favorable actions by the US military,
2. Re:World War III - The Cyber War by TheKidWho · 2010-01-14 06:00 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  The Cybermilitary, get it right. We're facing an ipv4 shortage, haven't you read peak ipv4?? We must reclaim all of the ipv4 resources that China has been hoarding these years!
3. Re:World War III - The Cyber War by IndustrialComplex · 2010-01-14 06:07 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Thanks, I hate waiting.
  
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4. Re:World War III - The Cyber War by Em+Emalb · 2010-01-14 06:12 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  It's time, my friends:
  10 years ago, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as hackers of fortune. If you have a problem with crackers, if no one else can help track them down, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The G-Team.
  
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5. Re:World War III - The Cyber War by Anonymous Coward · 2010-01-14 06:23 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Thanks, I hate waiting.
  unlike osama bin laden, saddam hussein, al-qaida and others, we can be pretty confident that the USA CIA has not trained and sponsored the Chinese government.
6. Re:World War III - The Cyber War by Monkeedude1212 · 2010-01-14 06:34 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Of course it is. Don't you find it just a LITTLE bit odd that if you convert "don't be evil" to Hexidecimal, move some of the numbers and letters around, and do a few arithmatic operations on some of the numbers, you can get the Hex for "osama bin laden"! Seriously sheeple, wake up!
  It all started years ago with King Henry the 8th and his second wife Anne Bolyn. They had a plan for a new world order under the Church of England (Anglican) but too few of the populace wanted to convert away from Catholicism. Later they started turning Lutheran which kind of pissed him off. So he went back in time and told his ancestors (Like King Richard the Lionheart) to go and Crusade Jerusalem which was and still is one of the worlds religious centers. Using the power of Religion he was able to pull the hood over everyones eyes and secretly worship the Pagan Gods, because that is somehow important, but I'm not sure how, I heard it on Zeitgeist. And then while banging his 5th or 6th wife (evidence isn't sure which) King Henry drafted up a plan to assassinate whatever political leader of the new world had the most power, a hundred years or so later. Using his time machine he was able to get to America and pick off JFK from the Grassy Knoll.
  He has now gone into hiding, using nefarious agents to do his bidding. Rumour has it that it was HE who convinced Ronald Reagan to go into acting, thus ruining the lives of many people across the globe. This severe depression mutated into a heireditory trait, which started the spawn of Emo kids. This is also part of Henry's plan, as he is training the youth of tomorrow to where lots of black clothing and makeup - both male and female, making them more difficult to see as assassins. Secret schematics have discovered that tight pants have been introduced to help reduce the noise created while moving stealthily.
  Up until recently, everything was going according to plan. Little did King Henry expect that computer technology would be such a huge influence on the world of tomorrow. With the free flow of information it was highly likely that someone would stumble across his plans. He sent his emo-assassins after Steve Ballmer, who failed. With this failure he visitted Ballmer at a conference, who was shocked and dismayed. Ballmer was so shaken up that the only word he could say was "Developers". Ballmer rushed on stage to warn everyone about this nefarious plan, but couldn't deliver the message. He was brainwashed shortly after.
  With Microsoft under control King Henry then targetted Google. Employing a new strategy he tried corrupting them by posting links to a Michelle Obama Monkey picture on his blog, forcing them to censor images. When Google went into China, Henry didn't like the idea of Google becoming more powerful then his pawn Microsoft. As such, he hired hackers to infiltrate the Chinese government and then attempt to Hack Google, thus removing any suspicion of an American company attacking Google, as well as forcing Google out of China.
  And here we are in the present day, STILL with the hood pulled over our eyes, because all of the media outlets are controlled by the worlds greatest ruler, King Henry the 8th.
7. Re:World War III - The Cyber War by PrescriptionWarning · 2010-01-14 06:37 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  ah, but what about a LAN war? Thats good to go right?
8. Re:World War III - The Cyber War by natehoy · 2010-01-14 07:52 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  "I love it when a LAN comes together."
  
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9. Re:World War III - The Cyber War by Westech · 2010-01-14 08:52 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  "ah, but what about a LAN war? Thats good to go right?"
  
  Sorry, no. In response to the changing technological and political landscape all international conflicts must now be run through battle.net.
10. Re:World War III - The Cyber War by WoLpH · 2010-01-14 09:00 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  World War WAN? That might be confusing
11. Re:World War III - The Cyber War by Stealth+Dave · 2010-01-14 09:05 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  ah, but what about a LAN war? Thats good to go right?
  You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in a LAN war in Asia"!
  - Stealth Dave
  
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Re:No, Seriously... by MakinBacon · 2010-01-14 06:02 · Score: 5, Funny

There's nothing tepid about sending in Hillary Clinton. In fact, China would probably prefer if we used the marines.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/u_s_condemned_for_pre_emptive_use
In the words of Master from Mad Max: Thunderdome by toejam13 · 2010-01-14 06:08 · Score: 4, Funny

...embargo on!
Re:But... by Nerdfest · 2010-01-14 06:12 · Score: 5, Funny

We know because we hacked their servers ... duh.
Re:No, Seriously... by rgviza · 2010-01-14 06:31 · Score: 5, Funny

Isn't the use of Hillary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi against the Geneva convention? We could get in a lot of trouble.

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It says they located the Command and Control box. by motherjoe · 2010-01-14 06:34 · Score: 4, Funny

In the article it says they located the Command and Control box. I did a little investigation of my own and see what they mean. It's oh so obvious this was perpetrated by the Chinese government. Just look at the facts!
joe@joe-nix:~$ whois PwnedC&CServer.org
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Domain ID:D2289308-LROR
Domain Name:PwnedC&CServer.org
Created On:05-Oct-1997 04:00:00 UTC
Last Updated On:11-Dec-2009 20:14:46 UTC
Expiration Date:04-Oct-2010 04:00:00 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR)
Status:OK
Registrant ID:Bob@PRC.gov
Registrant Name:Host Master
Registrant Organization:People's Republic of China, duh!
Registrant Street1:Main Street
Registrant Street2:HQ for Cyber Warface against Capitalistic West
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Bejing
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Postal Code:
Registrant Country:CN
Registrant Phone:+1-800-Yur-Pwnd
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Registrant Email:Bob@PRC.gov

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Re:No, Seriously... by Mister+Whirly · 2010-01-14 06:35 · Score: 5, Funny

it will take thousands to millions of dollars to buy a cup of coffee.
I see you frequent Starbucks too.

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Re:can't say i'm surprised by maxwell+demon · 2010-01-14 07:06 · Score: 4, Funny

What did China do when they found all the bugs the US government put in the plane we sold them?
They debugged it?

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