http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219437/China_hacking_video_shows_glimpse_of_Falun_Gong_attack_tool By Michael Kan, Robert McMillan IDG News Service August 23, 2011 The clip shows up without explanation, lasting for about six seconds during a rather mundane documentary about hacking produced by the state-sponsored China Central Television The video appears to give a peek at a state-sponsored hacking tool used to disrupt the operations of a spiritual movement that the government of China considers a threat to its authority. The video does not explain where the tool comes from. With a few clicks, the on-screen computer fires up a custom-built attack program, apparently giving the user a way to knock out any one of a range of websites affiliated with the movement, Falun Gong. Computers affiliated with Falun Gong and Tibetan dissidents have been targeted in online attacks for years, in what many security experts considered to be an organized hacking campaign sponsored by the Chinese government. China has consistently denied these allegations, but the fact that a Falun Gong attack tool has popped up in a state-sponsored video raises new questions. [...] _____________________________________________________________ Register now for the #HITB2011KUL - Asia's premier deep-knowledge network security event now in it's 9th year! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2011kul/Received on Wed Aug 24 2011 - 00:56:07 PDT
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