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Chinese Propaganda Accidentally Reveals Cyberwar

Posted by Unknown on from the us-replies-with-ping-of-death dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Chinese military propaganda video aired in mid-July inadvertently showed a Chinese military university launching cyberattacks against U.S. websites. The Epoch Times reports the video shows 'custom-built Chinese software apparently launching a cyber-attack against the main website of the Falun Gong spiritual practice, by using a compromised IP address belonging to a United States university.' A screen in the video also reveals 'the name of the software and the Chinese university that built it, the Electrical Engineering University of China's People's Liberation Army.'"

4 of 286 comments (clear)

  1. Script kiddies, seriously China? by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently China's best and brightest hackers need a GUI with drop-down menus and a big "Attack" button.

    The sleeping dragon is strong indeed. I wonder if they have a "Pull trigger to fire" sticker on their rifles too.

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  2. Re:WTF? Pre-post comment. by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because I'm so fucking awesome I can now post into the future.

    --
    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  3. Re:WTF? Pre-post comment. by Dahamma · · Score: 4, Funny

    And I read his comment right after he posted it, tried to reply, and it was rejected due to an "unknown error". Then the entire article disappeared for an hour.

    I was beginning to think Chinese hackers took it down...

  4. Re:Streamlined by _4rp4n3t · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thank you fro the correction.

    I think you mean....ah, never mind.