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To: hobo who wrote (10561)	4/23/2001 1:26:00 AM
From: Poet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10876

Great post, Tosc, but let me know when you come to a conclusion, will ya? I need help! Seriously, check out the post I linked to in my previous post. We're not the only ones who see conflicting data and are confused. Also, an interesting article on a hacking war between the Chines and the US, to be played out during the first week of May. And I want no comments from the Peanut Gallery about the last line in the article. -vbg U.S., Chinese hackers vow to wage online war By Michelle Delio, Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO (April 21, 2001 11:34 p.m. EDT) - As tensions rise between China and the United States, computer-savvy citizens of both countries have begun to wage their own Internet war. 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. Chinese hackers are vowing to retaliate with a week-long attack on US-based websites and computer networks, starting May 1. Security experts warn that these attacks could affect government systems, and that outside of government all website owners and network administrators should ensure their networks are well-protected. "These guys don't care who you are, they are just interested in how many sites they can hit. Basically they are just out there collecting scalps " said "Taltos," a security consultant and hacker from Budapest, Hungary who has been closely following the underground online discussions on the Chinese-US hack attacks. Messages posted on some of the underground Internet chat rooms indicate that US hackers plan to continue the blitz they have dubbed the "ChinaKiller." And on the Chinese side, "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 everyone's Internet," wrote Jia En Zhu, a 22-year-old hacker who lives in Zhongguancun, a Beijing suburb, in one of the many messages posted on the net. The Chinese hack attack is planned for May 1 through May 7th, peaking on May 4, a Chinese holiday commemorating the country's first major student demonstration, which took place in Beijing's Tiananmen Square 82 years ago, on May 4, 1919, Zhu said. China's people have only had access to the Internet since 1997, but the country's hackers have been quick to use it to make political points. 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. Taltos said that he wouldn't be surprised to see some new and nasty computer viruses making the rounds of the Internet during the first week of May. "If this cyberwar goes forward as planned, many Internet users will be caught in the crossfire. So it's especially important to practice safe computing during the first week of May."