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> What China did to Github is inexcusable. How do you know it was China? An IP address does not mean the person sitting behind the computer is Chinese. The p
by notsony 12y ago
> What China did to Github is inexcusable.
How do you know it was China? An IP address does not mean the person sitting behind the computer is Chinese. The person could just as easily be controlling a botnet from a VPN while sipping a latte in a coffee shop in Palo Alto.
- igammarays 12y agoRead the details of the attack. It's not a botnet. The attack works by injecting malicious JavaScript into common websites within Chinese borders, and doing this only for visitors of these files from outside China. Only the Great Firewall (or the website owners, ie. government-controlled Baidu) can possibly do that. http://www.netresec.com/?month=2015-03&page=blog&post=china%27s-man-on-the-side-attack-on-github http://www.netresec.com/?month=2015-03&page=blog&post=china%...