Adam On…

Over the past week there has been much talk by a group of Chinese hackers about attacking CNN web sites as part of a protest of what the group claims has been anti-China news coverage by CNN. The Dark Visitor site (where I presonally became aware of this whole incident) has done a great job of covering the whole saga.

After calling off the attack after attack details became public, it seems that the group decided to go through with the attack after all. Offering words of encouragement and automated tools for those without the technical skills for manual attacks, the group launched an attack that appeared to be successful. Even now sites like sports.si.cnn.com remain offline causing individuals to boast about the success of the attack on sites such as twitter.

Yet, there is one small problem. The site attacked, the “Sports Network” is not part of the CNN/SI family of sites. Instead the Sports Network is a privately held Pennsylvania company that has been taken offline by these attacks. As of this writing the web site for the Sports Network still displays a note about the attack and that the Sports Network is working to get everything back up and running.

This was an odd story to watch unfold and I wish the best of luck to the staff over at the Sports Network in getting everything back online and avoiding future attacks.