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In fact, the large-scale attack between Chinese and American hackers can be traced back to May 1999, that is, after the United States bombed China's embassy in Yugoslavia, China honker attacked some zf websites in the United States, including the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of the Interior, and the five-star red flag was once flying high on the front pages of these websites. A large-scale attack occurred, which also caused the White House website to be paralyzed for three days. The hacking incident in China made headlines in major American newspapers at that time?
Also on April 27th, China ChinaByte website published a special article to remind domestic network administrators that the recently successful American hacker organization PoizonBOx and the single-handedly Pr0phet mainly attacked windows, while the latter mainly attacked Linux. Although they are just small characters falling from the sky, they should also be taken seriously, because since March, PoizonBOx has carried out 283 attacks on some websites ending in ".". cn”。 Most of them were carried out in the past two weeks. ?
On May 3rd, the head of China National Computer Network and Information Security Management Office said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency that since mid-April, there have been frequent attacks on China's network, and China network operators should pay attention to preventing hacker attacks and ensuring network security. And remind that if cyber attacks are found, you can report the relevant situation to the National Computer Network Emergency Response Coordination Center. ?
Negotiations on the plane collision incident are still going on, but the online struggle is already very hot. A larger and wider hacker war has once again crossed the vast Pacific Ocean and started on the Internet. ?
A pre-public hacking incident?
As early as April 19, the website of Wired.com in the United States mentioned in an analysis that it was reported that hackers in China had planned to launch a seven-day campaign during May Day to launch a comprehensive attack on American websites. An American hacker who is famous for tampering with web pages posted: "All American hackers unite!" ! Messed up the servers in China! " ? On April 26th, an organization named "China Honker Union" issued a pre-war statement. The members of this network security organization were called "honker" instead of "hackers". The next day, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a document to remind the website to strengthen its defense, while China ChinaByte website published an article to remind China netizens to beware of American hackers. ?
On the evening of April 29th, 1 1, the computer screen was quickly refreshed in the public forum of a portal website. ?
"The PoizonBOx hacker organization in the United States is still actively planning attacks, targeting the main websites in China, and they are constantly inciting more hackers to join the war." Xiao Yang, a 22-year-old hacker from Zhongguancun, posted what he just saw on the American website in the chat room. ?
"We want to show the strength of China through the Internet and tell them that China can't be bullied!" ?
This slightly emaciated young man has a firm tone. He is the backbone of a famous hacker organization. He said that this kind of cyber attack will reach its peak on May 4, because that day happens to be Youth Day. ?
On the evening of April 30th, the website of China Honker Union. ? Jerry, a network security consultant? Frith commented: "The tacit understanding between hackers in China is amazing. Their organization is very orderly, surprising and more rigorous than Western hackers. " ?
After a day and a night of attacks, the China Honker Union announced that it had "captured" 92 American websites, and according to netizens, more than 600 websites have been hacked (including websites in TW area). Due to statistical errors, some websites hacked in honker cannot be counted in time, so the ratio of hacked websites in China and the United States is about three to one. ? 80,000 honker sabotaged the White House website?
No sooner had the May Day War stopped than the next morning, news came from the United States that with the May 4th Youth Day in China, the hacker's attack in China would reach its peak. To this end, seven or eight American hacker groups formed the "China Plan" alliance, ready to fight cyber warfare with China hackers again. ?
Some cyber security experts in the United States believe that as far as the "May 1" hacking war between China and the United States is concerned, at present, the two sides have no other ingenious ways of fighting except altering each other's web pages, and this simple attack will be reduced after May 4. ?
In fact, they were wrong, because in the battle on May 4th, China hackers adopted the "sea of people tactics" rarely used in information warfare, keeping a close eye on the US White House website, and the war lasted until May 8th. ?
At 9: 00 a.m. 1 15: 00 local time on May 4, the website of the White House was forced to shut down for more than two hours under the attack of sea tactics. Jimmy, the news director of the White House website, said: "A large amount of data poured in at the same time, blocking the connection channel between the White House and its Internet service provider (ISP)." At the same time, the White House website received a large number of service requests, making it impossible for legitimate users to log on to the website. ?
As of the early morning of May 8, White House officials said that they were still not sure where the hackers who carried out the "denial of service attack" on the White House website on May 4 came from. ?
At 23: 50 on May 8, in an office building on Sports West Road, Guangzhou, the reporter met Chinaeagle, the head of "China Eagle Alliance", who was the planning organizer in the hacker counterattack in China. Talking about the offensive on May 4th, he said with a smile: "There are so many people in China, a sea of tactics!" ?
On his desk, there was a newspaper a few days ago with the headline: "Eighty thousand hackers in China washed away the White House website". ?
At 0: 00 on May 9th, after seven days of counter-offensive, China hacker organizations announced that they would stop the counter-offensive.