CYBER WAR
To: All of US
Due to the tension between the U.S. & China, internet users may be harmed!
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Katman
HACKERS IN CHINA AND US WAGE CYBER WAR
AFP/The StaightsTimes
April 23, 2001
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,38846,00.html?
SAN FRANCISCO - As tensions rise between China & the U.S.,computer - savvy citizens of both countries have begun to wage their own war on the Internet.
American hackers are urging each other to break into websites hosted in China, & claim that US hackers have already penetrated hundreds of Chinese websites.
Chinese hackers are vowing to retaliate with a week-long attack on US-based websites & computer networks, starting May 1.
Security experts warn that these attacks could affect government systems, & that even outside of government all website owners & network administrators should ensure their networks are well-protected.
'These guys don't care who you are, they are just interested in how many sites they can hit,' said 'Taltos', a security consultant & hacker from Budapest, Hungary, who has been following closely the underground online discussions on the Chinese-US hacker attacks.
'Basically they are just out there collecting scalps,' he added.
Messages posted on some of the underground Internet chat rooms indicate that US hackers plan to continue the blitz they have dubbed the 'China- Killer'.
An insight into the Chinese plans was given by Mr Jia Enzhu, a 22-year-old hacker living in Beijing, who posted some information on the net.
A hacker attack is planned for May 1 to 7, peaking on May 4.
It is a Chinese holiday that commemorates the country's first major student demonstration, which took place in Beijing's Tiananmen Square 82 years ago, on May 4, 1919,[sic] he wrote.
'Many people here are frustrated with America. We want to tell you what we think is wrong, but our government is too polite. So we will say it on the Internet,' he wrote in one of the many messages posted on the net.
People in China have only had access to the Internet since 1997, but the country's hackers have been quick to use it to make political points.
The Internet has been a channel for attacks, apparently by Chinese hackers, on US government sites in response to the May 1999 bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and for releasing viruses which destroyed data on Taiwanese university servers.
'Taltos' said that he would not be surprised to see some new & nasty computer viruses making the rounds of the Internet during the first week of May.
'If this cyber war goes forward as planned, many Internet users will be caught in the crossfire. So it's especially important to practise safe computing during the first week of May,' he said.
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