Anonymous’ planning more attacks against Chinese government sites
‘Anonymous’ planning more attacks against Chinese government sites | World | News | National Post
I wonder what they will find. Good hunting is all I can say.
SHANGHAI — The activist hacker group Anonymous plans to launch further attacks on Chinese government websites in a bid to uncover corruption and lobby for human rights, a member of the group said on Monday.
Anonymous, a loosely knit group that has attacked financial and government websites around the world, hacked into Chinese government websites last week, defacing several, media reports said.
The group used the Twitter account “Anonymous China” to publicize the attacks, posting links to data files that contained passwords and other personal information from the hacked websites.
“First we want to alert the Chinese government that we aren’t afraid, and we are going to show the truth and fight for justice,” Anonymous hacker “f0ws3r” told Reuters.
The hacker declined to give further details on the next round of attacks, except to say it may hit bigger targets.
The United States says it has suffered many high-profile hacking attacks that appear to come from China, often targeting human rights groups as well as U.S. companies. China maintains that it too is a victim of hacking attacks.
The various local Chinese governments whose websites were reportedly hacked last week could not be reached for comment and were operating normally on Monday.
In March, the U.S. authorities revealed that leading Anonymous hacker “Sabu” was arrested in June and was acting as an informant for authorities.
Anonymous and LulzSec, an offshoot of Anonymous that took credit for a range of hacking attacks on government and private sector websites worldwide, leapt to prominence in late 2010 when they launched what they described as the “first cyber war” in retaliation for attempts to shut down the Wikileaks website.
‘Anonymous’ planning more attacks against Chinese government sites | World | News | National Post
I wonder what they will find. Good hunting is all I can say.
SHANGHAI — The activist hacker group Anonymous plans to launch further attacks on Chinese government websites in a bid to uncover corruption and lobby for human rights, a member of the group said on Monday.
Anonymous, a loosely knit group that has attacked financial and government websites around the world, hacked into Chinese government websites last week, defacing several, media reports said.
The group used the Twitter account “Anonymous China” to publicize the attacks, posting links to data files that contained passwords and other personal information from the hacked websites.
“First we want to alert the Chinese government that we aren’t afraid, and we are going to show the truth and fight for justice,” Anonymous hacker “f0ws3r” told Reuters.
The hacker declined to give further details on the next round of attacks, except to say it may hit bigger targets.
The United States says it has suffered many high-profile hacking attacks that appear to come from China, often targeting human rights groups as well as U.S. companies. China maintains that it too is a victim of hacking attacks.
The various local Chinese governments whose websites were reportedly hacked last week could not be reached for comment and were operating normally on Monday.
In March, the U.S. authorities revealed that leading Anonymous hacker “Sabu” was arrested in June and was acting as an informant for authorities.
Anonymous and LulzSec, an offshoot of Anonymous that took credit for a range of hacking attacks on government and private sector websites worldwide, leapt to prominence in late 2010 when they launched what they described as the “first cyber war” in retaliation for attempts to shut down the Wikileaks website.
