The story of the 2001 Sino-US hacker war

Since the plane collision, many U.S. government and commercial websites have been attacked by Chinese hackers. A post posted on the homepage of the hacked website read: "Hack the United States! For our pilot Wang Wei! For our China!".

A well-known American network security company announced a survey data, saying that since the plane collision, 40-50 hacker attacks have occurred every day on the websites of the two countries, and before that , this number only starts from 1-2.

China's ChinaByte website published a special article reminding Chinese network administrators that PoizonBOx, an American hacker group that has repeatedly succeeded, and Pr0phet, a single-handed man, the former focuses on attacking Windows, and the latter mainly attacks Linux systems, although they have "made trouble" "It's just a small role," but it needs to be taken seriously, because since March, PoizonBOx has carried out 283 attacks on some websites ending with ".cn", and pr0phet has succeeded nearly 30 times. The vast majority of these were conducted in the last two weeks.

The person in charge of China’s National Computer Network and Information Security Management Office said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Xinhua News Agency that since mid-April, attacks on China’s networks have occurred frequently, and Chinese network operators must pay attention to precautions. Hacking, ensuring network security. It also reminded that if a network attack is discovered, the relevant situation can be reported to the National Computer Network Emergency Response and Coordination Center.

Negotiations over the plane crash continue, but the online battle is already heating up. A hacker war with a larger scale and wider scope has once again crossed the vast Pacific and is unfolding on the Internet.

A hacking incident that was publicized in advance

As early as April 19, the American Wired website mentioned in an analysis that there was news that Chinese hackers had planned During the May Day holiday, a seven-day campaign was launched to comprehensively attack American websites. An American hacker known for defacing web pages followed up with a post: "All American hackers unite! Smash all China's servers!"

"China Honker Alliance" published a pre-war post It states that members of this cybersecurity organization are called "Honkers" rather than "Hackers." The next day, the FBI issued a document reminding websites to step up their defenses, and the Chinese website ChinaByte published an article reminding Chinese netizens to beware of American hackers.

In a public *** forum on a portal website, the computer screen refreshes very quickly.

“The PoizonBOx hacker organization in the United States is still actively planning attacks, targeting major websites in China, and they continue to instigate more hackers to join the group.” 22-year-old Zhongguancun hacker Xiao Yang just said The news I saw on the American website was posted in the chat room.

“We want to show China’s powerful power through the Internet and tell them that China cannot be bullied!”

This slightly thin young man has a firm tone. He is a well-known hacker organization The backbone of the attack said that the cyber attack would peak on May 4 because that day happened to be Youth Day. The statement released four days ago attracted a large number of netizens, and the conference center was "packed" with people. Among them were veteran hackers who were usually used to fighting alone, and there were also new network novices who had just started. They all came to the pre-war mobilization meeting. of.

The US websites targeted in this campaign are mainly government and military websites. In addition to the White House, they also include the FBI and NASA. , the U.S. Congress, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the websites of CNN.

At the same time, hacker groups led by "Hacker Wulin" and "China Hacker Alliance", as well as "China Hawks Alliance" and "World Learning Room" are also conducting large-scale attacks.

In the chat room, the latest battle status is announced to the fans at any time on the constantly refreshing screen.

Some American websites have successfully tracked some hackers and obtained evidence of this online battle.

Cybersecurity consultant Jerry Friese commented: “The tacit understanding among Chinese hackers is amazing. Their organization is very orderly and amazing, and they are more rigorous than Western hackers.

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After a day and night of attacks, the China Honker Alliance announced that it had “compromised” 92 American websites. According to netizens, more than 600 Chinese websites have been hacked (including websites in Taiwan). Due to statistical errors, some websites hacked by hackers could not be counted in time, so the ratio of hacked sites in China and the United States was about three to one. The "May Day" war had just stopped. The next morning, There is news from the United States that with the arrival of China's "May 4th" Youth Day, the attacks of Chinese hackers will reach a peak. To this end, seven or eight American hacker groups have formed a "China Plan" alliance to prepare to cooperate with Chinese hackers. Let’s fight the Internet again.

Some American network security experts believe that in terms of the May Day hacker war between China and the United States, the basic fighting methods of both sides were to modify each other’s web pages back and forth. , there are no other clever tricks, and after May 4th, such simple attacks will decrease.

In fact, they were wrong, because in the battle on May 4th, China. Hackers used the "human sea tactic" rarely used in information warfare and focused on the White House website.

From 9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. local time on May 4, the U.S. White House. The website was forced to shut down for more than two hours under the attack of human wave tactics.

U.S. White House officials said that they are still unable to determine the cause of the "denial of service attack" on the U.S. White House website on May 4. Where did the hackers come from?

In an office building on Tiyu West Road in Guangzhou, the reporter met Chinaeagle, the head of the "China Eagle Alliance" who played the role of the organizer of the Chinese hacker counterattack. When talking about the offensive on May 4, he laughed and said: "China has so many people, so use the human wave tactic! ”

On his desktop, there was a newspaper from a few days ago, with a striking headline: “80,000 Chinese hackers crashed the White House website.”

After experiencing After seven days of counterattack, the Chinese hacker group announced that it had stopped its counterattack.

The U.S. military is on high alert for fear of Chinese hackers launching a May Day attack.

According to a Department of Defense official, in order to prevent hackers. In response to the attack, the U.S. Pacific Command has raised the threat level of its information systems from general to A, so that relevant personnel will pay close attention to the operation of the website at any time. At the same time, the U.S. military may also increase the threat level from A. The level is upgraded to level B or even level C. Once it is upgraded to level B, users will be restricted from logging into all military websites. Level C means that the military network system will not remain online at all times. The highest threat level is D. level, the entire military system will be shut down by then. The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) under the FBI released a document on the "China-US Hacker War" on the 26th local time in the United States (27th Beijing time). >

The websites of the U.S. Department of Labor and the Department of Health were attacked by Chinese hackers

Just after the FBI just warned that Chinese hackers may launch attacks on U.S. websites, several U.S. Websites operated by government agencies have been attacked.

China’s largest hacker organization, China Honker Alliance, will launch a “counterattack” at 9:00 tonight.

“China Honker Alliance” "A notice was posted on the homepage. Its host Lion convened all members of the "Alliance" to hold a "Mobilization Meeting to Attack the US Network" to discuss plans to attack US websites during the May Day period.

The hacker war between China and the United States has escalated. The official website of the White House was attacked

Security experts said that the cyber war between U.S. and Chinese hackers has escalated in local time. The official website of the White House was attacked by an email "bomb". At the same time, several U.S. and Chinese website pages were changed beyond recognition.

Another website was attacked, and the US claimed that Chinese hackers were launching a war in advance.

A website affiliated with the US Department of Energy in New Mexico was attacked in the early morning of 2001. Several other government websites, including the website of the U.S. Department of Labor, were also defaced with several anti-American slogans. Hackers left the words "Long live the great Chinese nation!" on the website of the U.S. Department of Energy. ", "The United States must bear full responsibility for the collision incident", "Protest against the United States selling weapons to Taiwan and destroying world peace! ” and other slogans.

More than 700 websites have been hacked in two days as the Sino-US hacker war escalates

After a day and night of attacks, before the reporter went to press at 10 o'clock last night, it was announced on the China Honker Alliance On the websites of hacked American sites, 92 American sites have been "hacked", and according to information from netizens, more than 600 Chinese sites have been hacked (including websites in Taiwan). According to analysis, because some hackers failed to report hacked websites in time, the ratio of hacked sites in China and the United States is about 3:1.

Only changing the page but not destroying the DoS, Chinese hackers should show mercy

According to U.S. network security experts, Chinese hackers are widely expanding their attack teams and are providing a tool called "Kill the United States" online. "hacking tools, but they only teach people how to modify pages and do not damage the DOS (denial of service) of the website.

Chinese hackers: If American hackers don’t stop, our counterattack will escalate

American hackers launched an attack on Chinese websites, causing Guangdong hackers to participate in the “May Day Counterattack.” Regarding this attack, there are The hackers stated that their purpose was not only to counterattack, but also to expose the serious security problems of Chinese websites and arouse great concern from all parties.

Chinese hackers launched a counterattack against the United States and thousands of American websites were hacked

In these two days of attacks, the main ones damaged were commercial websites with the suffix ".com" website. There are relatively few government ".gov" and institutional ".org", and the education sector ".edu" is not touched.

"Chinese Hongke" spontaneously counterattacked and launched a "big charge" today

News from the United States said that with the arrival of China's "May 4th" Youth Day, attacks by Chinese hackers will will reach its peak. At the same time, American hackers threatened to fight back, and they were also organizing. Seven or eight American hacker groups formed an alliance called the "China Plan."

“The White House website was attacked by hackers again and was forced to shut down for more than two hours

Jimmy, the press director of the White House website, said: “The simultaneous influx of large amounts of data has blocked the White House and its Internet. Service provider (ISP) connection channel. "The White House website received a large number of requests for service at the same time, so that legitimate users were unable to log in to the website.

Eighty thousand Chinese hackers launched a general attack on the United States and considered raising the alert status

"Chinese hackers "Ke" launched a major attack on American websites yesterday. Around 10 o'clock last night, the White House website was attacked. A member of the "China Hongke Alliance" named Yong told reporters that about 80,000 people participated in the online counterattack.

"The "Chinese Hacker Alliance", the "Chinese Hawks Alliance", the "Chinese Honker Alliance", etc. emerged in this battle. It can be said that the Sino-US hacker war has promoted the progress of Chinese hackers. The "Chinese Honker Alliance" shocked the global hacker organization with a total attack of 80,000 members, allowing them to deeply experience the true strength of Chinese hackers!

After the war, a large number of hacker members disappeared one after another and retired. In addition, the dissolution of the China Hongke Alliance made this battle that shocked the world become the world's first hacker war.