Saturday, April 19, 2008
Attack on CNN

PCWorld is reporting that chinese hackers appear to be preparing for an attack on CNN scheduled for April 19. The attack is being spurred by the recent pro-Tibet coverage in the media. A Chinese site called Anti-CNN is protesting what it considers anti-Chinese propaganda and is calling for protests in several countries including Germany, France and the UK. The hackers, believed to be members of The Red Hat Alliance, are calling for a DDos (Distributed Denial of Service Attack) against CNN to coincide with the protests. It is not yet known if the group is capable of backing up its attack threats, but security firms and media outlets will be watching closely to find out.

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Late Friday, leaders of the Revenge of the Flame called off a planned denial-of-service attack on CNN.com, according to The Dark Vistor, a Web site that follows Chinese computer hacker activity.

"Our original plan for 19 April has been canceled because too many people are aware of it, and the situation is chaotic," cyberprotest organizers said in a statement. "At an unspecified date in the near future, we will launch the attack. We ask that everyone remain ready."

Oh the drama.

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    Monday, July 16, 2007
    Hooked and caught

    The Register just stated, "Italian police have arrested 26 people allegedly involved in an international phishing operation."

    Hahaha. Serves them right.

    I mean how many people did they think would be stupid enough to fall for one of their fake e-mails and NOT report it to authorities. I get scam e-mails all the time and sometimes I do report them. Other times I just delete them. Masquerading under false pretenses is just cruel.

    I don't know what will happen to them, but I'm glad they were caught. =o)

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