China has a new censorship tool that is causing alarm. It’s known as the “Great Cannon.” The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab identified the tool in a report released last week. The Great Cannon was first used in March, to launch a large-scale DDoS attack on GitHub and GreatFire.org, Citizen Lab said. The attack apparently was designed to thwart efforts to circumvent Chinese censorship. However, the Great Cannon could “be used to attack any target anywhere in the world,” said Tomer Weingarten, CEO of SentinelOne.
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China’s Great Cannon Could Point Anywhere When Next Fuse Is Lit
Posted by: Richard Adhikari April 16, 2015 03:26 PMChina has a new censorship tool that is causing alarm. It’s known as the “Great Cannon.” The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab identified the tool in a report released last week. The Great Cannon was first used in March, to launch a large-scale DDoS attack on GitHub and GreatFire.org, Citizen Lab said. The attack apparently was designed to thwart efforts to circumvent Chinese censorship. However, the Great Cannon could “be used to attack any target anywhere in the world,” said Tomer Weingarten, CEO of SentinelOne.