China yanks video that leaked hacking tool

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/082611-china-yanks-video-that-leaked-250168.html

By Robert McMillan
IDG News Service
August 26, 2011

The state-run China Central Television network has yanked a video that 
inadvertently included a short clip of a cyber-attack tool targeting 
Falun Gong websites.

Posted in mid-July, the video was a documentary entitled "The Internet 
storm is coming!" Eleven minutes into the show, without explanation, it 
showed b-roll footage of a customized computer tool, apparently choosing 
from a list of Falun Gong websites to hit with a distributed 
denial-of-service attack.

It's unclear where the footage came from, but its appearance in a 
state-sponsored film appeared to offer an accidental peek into China's 
cyber-attack capabilities. Falun Gong computers have been targeted for 
years by what many consider to be a state-sponsored hacking campaign.

China Central Television has not returned calls asking for comment on 
the video, but on Thursday China's Defense Ministry told the Washington 
Post that "the content and opinion of the program do not represent the 
policy and stance of the government."

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