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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Chinese hackers attack - Risk Assessment?
So far I've only seen this reported on Wired. The questions is; how serious is this threat? Any thoughts? Stephen Petri -----Original Message----- From: Rob Healey [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 1:18 PM To: Petri Stephen Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Chinese hackers plan week-long attack on American websites and ne tworks > .....As China and the United States attempt to peacefully end their > diplomatic standoff ...........crackers from both countries continue to wage > private wars on the Internet. > > ......Chinese hackers are now vowing to retaliate with a planned week-long > all-out crack attack on American websites and networks which will start on > May 1. ....... > > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,43134,00.html?tw=wn20010419 > Hmmm, we've been seeing picked up activity from Chinese sites for well over a week now. They seem to be biased toward x86/Linux hacks/holes for now judging from attack analysis. General Port scan, DNS, HTTP and RPC hacks as well although specific buffer overflow/breakin code seems to be exclusively x86 for now. I suppose Solaris SPARC will soon follow as well as the x86 BSD's. -Rob -- Rob Healey [email protected] NE II ONVOY Core of Engineers Onvoy Phone (612) 362-5823 2829 University Avenue, S.E. Problems (612) 362-5800 Minneapolis, MN 55414 FAX (612) 362-5899
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