Anonymous attacks China websites

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...-on-China.html

Anonymous mounts hacking attack on China
Hacking group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for defacing almost 500 Chinese websites.

Shane Richmond

By Shane Richmond, Head of Technology (Editorial)

3:30PM BST 05 Apr 2012

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The attacks targeted 485 websites, including some run by the Chinese government as well as trade groups and other official bodies. Hacked sites were replaced with a message urging Chinese people to use online tools to avoid government tracking and censorship.

Hackers post a message on the target websites that said: "Dear Chinese government, you are not infallible, today websites are hacked, tomorrow it will be your vile regime that will fall."

A list of the websites that were attacked was posted to Pastebin, a website often used by Anonymous to publish details of its attacks. In a separate Pastebin post, Anonymous explained its motives for the attack.

The message began: "Hello, we are Anonymous. All these years the Chinese Government has subjected their people to unfair laws and unhealthy processes. People, each of you suffers from tyranny of that regime."