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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.'"

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  1. Re:WTF? Pre-post comment. by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Okay, actually, this article was originally posted at about 2 pm, but got bumped for the earthquake story. I got the one comment in before it got bumped, apparently.

    But I'm still fucking awesome.

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  2. Epoch Times founded by Falun Gong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    There's one detail to bear in mind when you read the article from The Epoch Times.

    From wikipedia: The The Epoch Times was founded in 1999 by supporters of the Falun Gong spiritual discipline. [...] The newspaper is heavily critical of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and policies of the Chinese government.

    1. Re:Epoch Times founded by Falun Gong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      dude the video comes from state chinese media: http://military.cntv.cn/program/jskj/20110717/100139.shtml

  3. weird by nomadic · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Chinese government has a weird obsession with Falun Gong, which I don't quite understand. I was in Flushing, Queens the other week and there was actually this whole (unmanned) table with signs, flyers, etc., blasting the Falun Gong as this insanely dangerous cult. I can't imagine who set it up other than the Chinese government.

    1. Re:weird by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Informative

      A fair number of Chinese students seem to buy into the official party line, part and parcel. Over the past few years we've had some small demonstrations at the University of Washington by these students, protesting US media "lies" regarding Falung Gong, Tibet and/or the Dalai Lama, etc.

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  4. Re:In Republic of China .. by bluemonq · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wrong China.