News that students in two Chinese schools could be behind recent well-publicized online attacks on Google and other major U.S. corporations doing business in China has security experts running for cover. McAfee, which has dubbed the hacks “Operation Aurora,” described the series of attacks as highly sophisticated and a watershed event in cybercrime. The attacks have led to a standoff between Internet megacompany Google and the government of China over Beijing’s censorship of the Internet.
The takedown of Black Hawk Safety Net happened in November and is unrelated to these attacks. China used it as an example to prove they were tough on Cyber Crime. The only reason BHSN was taken down was because the Chinese thought they had launched a DDoS against another Chinese site.
Not sure what the point is with the tone of this article. Maybe there was an information sensitivity issue for a bit, or maybe you expected the attacks to originate from locations owned by high-profile Chinese firms or the Chinese military? (Often one in the same.)
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Look Who's Not Talking About Chinese Schools and Google Hack
Posted by: Richard Adhikari February 19, 2010 12:03 PMNews that students in two Chinese schools could be behind recent well-publicized online attacks on Google and other major U.S. corporations doing business in China has security experts running for cover. McAfee, which has dubbed the hacks “Operation Aurora,” described the series of attacks as highly sophisticated and a watershed event in cybercrime. The attacks have led to a standoff between Internet megacompany Google and the government of China over Beijing’s censorship of the Internet.
- Space Rogue
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=30999
Not sure what the point is with the tone of this article. Maybe there was an information sensitivity issue for a bit, or maybe you expected the attacks to originate from locations owned by high-profile Chinese firms or the Chinese military? (Often one in the same.)