China Admits Anonymous Hacks Occured

New submitter SolKeshNaranek writes "After Anonymous hacked hundreds of Chinese government, company, and other general websites, China has acknowledged the attacks. Meanwhile, Anonymous China has not stopped its onslaught. 'A few targets have had their administrator accounts, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses posted publicly. Last but not least, on many of the hacked sites, the group even posted tips for how to circumvent the Great Firewall of China. While Anonymous was not specifically mentioned, it's obvious what China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs was referring to during a briefing on Thursday, given the events during the last week.'"

Comments

html defacing .. big deal?

[Sebastopol]

I am not a hacker.

Is defacing a website a big deal? Or just the equivalent of spray-paint tagging?

Re:html defacing .. big deal?

[Anonymous Coward]

This is where you and I disagree. I'm not even looking at this from a "legal" vs "illegal" perspective. Generally speaking, I do not believe website tagging is okay under any circumstances, even when doing this to people, institutions, or countries I may not be fond of. If the people of China do not like the censorship, they need to change the ruling class's minds one way or another.

The below is just my opinion and only my opinion. I am not suggesting anybody do something illegal. Don't break the law. Now then, having covered my ass from our overzealous legal system run by tyrants, I will tell you how I feel about it when people do it anyway. The more of an asshole it happens to and the more obscene the tagging is the more I like it. I like it even more when it's severe downtime that really costs $$$ like what happened to Sony's network. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving organization of dicks who thought they'd never, ever suffer any consequences from being a bunch of dicks.

The notion that being a dick and constantly causing problems for other people makes you a target for their vengence is a GOOD THING. Stop trying to discard it. It's one of the few forces keeping order in the world. There are certain powerful people and organizations that are totally untouchable otherwise.

You can rant about "vigilantism" etc all you like, but unless there are effective legal remedies that are available to the average person then you are merely being an idealist. In the real world you are not going to take a multinational corporation to court and win. They are nearly invincible and effectively untouchable unless you are very wealthy and want to dedicate years of your life to the task knowing you still might lose.

I am sorry but if you cannot accept that the world has ugly necessities then you don't have the guts to do so and I sincerely hope you are never faced with a truly difficult decision with no ideal solution because you are the wrong man for the job.