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Attack. CN domain hacker was arrested in Qingdao


From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:19:19 +0000 (UTC)

http://www.techweb.com.cn/internet/2013-09-23/1327057.shtml

[Google Translate  -- WK]

By Zhang Nan
Techweb.com.cn
2013.9.23

Sina Technology News September 23 afternoon, August 25 morning, China. CN domain name resolution failure analysis of large-scale, national DNS node denial of service attacks. National Internet Emergency Center CNCERT / CC Operation Management Department Director Wang Minghua today revealed that the hacker has been in a few days ago was arrested in Qingdao, Shandong.

At 0:00 on the 25th or so, the State DNS node Denial of Service attacks, the affected involve substantial. Cn domain sites.

At about half past ten or so CNNIC issued a circular said that after CNNIC disposal to 2 pm, the service is restored to normal, 3:00 through the official micro notice. At 4 pm, the State DNS node again been the largest ever denial of service attacks, some websites analytical affected, leading to slow or interrupt access . Wang Minghua said, after an investigation found that the attacker intended to attack a game PW domain, then I wanted to attack. Cn achieve this objective. "Because of this attack is to attack the real address, we will trace the hacker conditional few days ago, the hackers have been arrested in Qingdao, Shandong."

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