crazy shit...chinese hackers are launching an attack on us here at CNN tomorrow morning...it was rather sporting of them to let us know in advance!
http://www.thedarkvisitor.com/2008/04/breaking-upcoming-chinese-hacker-attack-on-cnn-building-steam/
BREAKING: Upcoming Chinese hacker attack on CNN building steam
Published by Heike at 6:25 pm under Nationalism, Tibet, US attacks
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:
1. Attack will start on 19 April 2008, at 8:00 pm
2. DDOS attack on www.cnn.com
3. The DDOS attack is going to last over three hours
4. 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
Probably many more out there.
UPDATE: Carl Jongsma, from Computer World, was kind enough to provide us a little press on this breaking situation.
UPDATE: Tried once again to contact CNN and warn them of the scheduled attack. If anyone has a better contact than just their news tip e-mail, please inform them.
UPDATE (APRIL 18 1556GMT; Jumper): Arbor Networks is using their tools to monitor the situation. Take a look at Jose Nazario’s post here.
UPDATE: Since we have some smart people looking at the blog, I wanted to post below part of the Chinese hackers’ attack plan. This seems to be part of the DDoS call for large numbers of attacking computers. Will supply what I can about the Chinese, though it is possibly wrong. If someone knows what this is referring to please post in the comments and we will move it to the blog:
总群：29332975 (This refers to the total number)
复仇的火焰分群1：10093595 (Revenge of the flame group 1)
复仇的火焰分群2：60087657 (Revenge of the flame group 2)
复仇的火焰分群3：17697381 (Revenge of the flame group 3)
复仇的火焰分群4：52911651 (Revenge of the flame group 4)
复仇的火焰分群5：13283694 (Revenge of the flame group 5)
复仇的火焰分群6：52274747 (Revenge of the flame group 6)
复仇的火焰分群7：13735729 (Revenge of the flame group 7)
复仇的火焰分群8：28556275 (Revenge of the flame group 8 )
复仇的火焰分群9：8333214 (Revenge of the flame group 9)
复仇的火焰分群10：24207831 (Revenge of the flame group 10)
复仇的火焰分群11：18574877 (Revenge of the flame group 11)
http://www.thedarkvisitor.com/2008/04/breaking-upcoming-chinese-hacker-attack-on-cnn-building-steam/
BREAKING: Upcoming Chinese hacker attack on CNN building steam
Published by Heike at 6:25 pm under Nationalism, Tibet, US attacks
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:
1. Attack will start on 19 April 2008, at 8:00 pm
2. DDOS attack on www.cnn.com
3. The DDOS attack is going to last over three hours
4. 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
Probably many more out there.
UPDATE: Carl Jongsma, from Computer World, was kind enough to provide us a little press on this breaking situation.
UPDATE: Tried once again to contact CNN and warn them of the scheduled attack. If anyone has a better contact than just their news tip e-mail, please inform them.
UPDATE (APRIL 18 1556GMT; Jumper): Arbor Networks is using their tools to monitor the situation. Take a look at Jose Nazario’s post here.
UPDATE: Since we have some smart people looking at the blog, I wanted to post below part of the Chinese hackers’ attack plan. This seems to be part of the DDoS call for large numbers of attacking computers. Will supply what I can about the Chinese, though it is possibly wrong. If someone knows what this is referring to please post in the comments and we will move it to the blog:
总群：29332975 (This refers to the total number)
复仇的火焰分群1：10093595 (Revenge of the flame group 1)
复仇的火焰分群2：60087657 (Revenge of the flame group 2)
复仇的火焰分群3：17697381 (Revenge of the flame group 3)
复仇的火焰分群4：52911651 (Revenge of the flame group 4)
复仇的火焰分群5：13283694 (Revenge of the flame group 5)
复仇的火焰分群6：52274747 (Revenge of the flame group 6)
复仇的火焰分群7：13735729 (Revenge of the flame group 7)
复仇的火焰分群8：28556275 (Revenge of the flame group 8 )
复仇的火焰分群9：8333214 (Revenge of the flame group 9)
复仇的火焰分群10：24207831 (Revenge of the flame group 10)
复仇的火焰分群11：18574877 (Revenge of the flame group 11)
