Chinese hackers appear to be readying for an attack on the West scheduled for April 19. It appears the basis of the attack is based on the recent, and very public, pro Tibet coverage in Western media organizations.
UPDATE: It looks like the organizers might be trying to put a stop to the attack due to the number of people who are aware of it. Translating some of it now.
UPDATE to UPDATE While the group may be trying to call off the attack, it might be too late. CNN is now reporting that they have been targeted in an attempt to disrupt their web site.
FINAL UPDATE FOR THIS POST: See the newest release by the group planning attack on CNN here
First, I have added a clock with the Beijing local time because it crossed my mind that some people might be thinking the scheduled attack on CNN is going to take place on US date, time. Nope, Beijing local. So that means it is suppose to take place tomorrow. I will leave the clock up if you want to check back.
Second, many more Chinese sites, not just hacker, starting to call for the DDOS attack on CNN. Also they are starting to solidify their plans. Here are the details from one posting on the Guilin University of Electronic Technology bulletin board:
- Attack will start on 19 April 2008, at 8:00 pm
- DDOS attack on www.cnn.com
- The DDOS attack is going to last over three hours
- They need a large number of compromised computers to carry out the attack and are requesting everyone’s support in putting to together the number needed
The plan has many more details but unfortunately the language is too technical for me to translate.
Here are additional sites calling for the attack on CNN.
http://bbs.neteasy.cn/showthread.php?p=984976
http://www.coogo.net/bbs/showtopic-444648.aspx
http://www.ytjt.com.cn/bbs/redirect.php?tid=36644&goto=lastpost
http://www.ipark.cn/bbs/Post.asp?PostID=836336
http://blog.xuite.net/lemon_head/simple/16728332
http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=357748876
Anti-CNN has issued a call for the Chinese flag to wave over Europe on 19 April 2008. The call was issued to show opposition to Europe’s stance on the Tibet issue. Anti-CNN has called for all overseas Chinese in Germany, France, England and Holland to appear in a simultaneous protest. Overseas Chinese were asked to have their voices penetrate the European sky. It appears the protests may have been scheduled for April 26th, as the announcement asked for people who had already made plans, to switch them to 19 April. The protests on the 19th are scheduled as follows:
- 1500-1800hrs, 19 April 2008, at the Bundestag, Platz der Republik, Berlin
- 1300-1500hrs, 19 April 2008, two routes (from Talie – Hotel de Ville – Bastille) or (Republique – Bastille – Hotel de Ville –Bastille, Paris
- 1100-1500hrs, 19 April 2008, Downing Street outside of Whitehall, England
- (No time given) 19 April 2008, Amsterdam, Holland
The protests appear to be well organized, with the coordination of donations, banners, flags, T-shirts…etc. While it is of course impossible to tell how widespread the demonstrations will be, an online keyword search, using Chinese, did produce several hundred hits.
To coincide with the European protests, several Chinese hacker groups are calling for a DDOS attack on the CNN website to begin at 8:00pm on 19 April 2008. While only three websites have openly posted about this attack, my guess is that many more calls are going on behind closed doors.
The first screen shot below calls for an attack similar to the Sino-US hacker war.
Could not get the web page for Tianya to open but it clearly calls for a DDOS attack on the CNN website to begin at 8:00 pm (Beijing time) on 19 April 2008.
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