- SAN FRANCISCO - As
tensions rise between China and the United States, computer-savvy citizens
of both countries have begun to wage their own war on the Internet.
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- American hackers are urging each other to break into
websites hosted in China, and claim that US hackers have already penetrated
hundreds of Chinese websites.
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- Chinese hackers are vowing to retaliate with a week-long
attack on US-based websites and computer networks, starting May 1.
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- Security experts warn that these attacks could affect
government systems, and that even outside of government all website owners
and network administrators should ensure their networks are well-protected.
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- 'These guys don't care who you are, they are just interested
in how many sites they can hit,' said 'Taltos', a security consultant and
hacker from Budapest, Hungary, who has been following closely the underground
online discussions on the Chinese-US hacker attacks.
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- 'Basically they are just out there collecting scalps,'
he added.
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- 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'.
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- 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.
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- A hacker attack is planned for May 1 to 7, peaking on
May 4.
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- 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, he wrote.
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- '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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 'Taltos' said that he would not be surprised to see some
new and nasty computer viruses making the rounds of the Internet during
the first week of May.
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- '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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