websitesusingtrackingandadvertisingcodefromBaidu.Theattackhasbeendubbedas“HTTPhijacking”:“acertaindeviceattheborderofChina’sinneworkandtheIntehashijackedtheHTTPconnections”and“replacedsomeJavaScriptfilesfromBaiduwithmaliciousones”thatwouldloadGitHub’sGreatFireandCN－NYTimesprojects“everytwoseconds.”

    ThiswillinfluenceinteuserswhovisitChinesewebsitesviaanIPaddressoutsideChina,includingChineseuserswhouseVPNsorothercircumventiontools.Initsofficialweiboaccount,BaiduSecurityLabdeniedthattheattackwasrelatedtotheirsecurityloopholes.

    “usingregularinteuserstoengageinDDoSattackisnowChina’snewpoliticalweapon.“User@bitinnwrote,“(Chinesecensors)hasswitchedfromsimplydefensetoactiveoffense.”

    FromDefensetoOffense

    Indeed,recentlyChineseintecensorshipmechanismhasbemoreaggressive,andactivelyattacksitesthataredeemedtoosensitivebythecensors.SincethisMarch,ChinahasbeenaccusedofDDoSattackGreatfire’santi－censorshipmirrorsites.Lastweek,GooglefoundunauthorizeddigitalcertificatesforseveralGoogledomains,therootCAofwhichisChineseIntenetworkinformationcenter(CNNIC).GoogleandMozillabothpubliclydisclosedthissecurityincidentandpublishedblogposts(Google,Mozilla).ChineseIntenetworkinformationcenter.

    Githubstatedinitsblogthat,theintentofthisattackis“toconvinceustoremoveaspecificclassofcontent.“Beforethisarticleispublished,GitHubisstillworkingtomitigatetheattack.

    估计这事也不会多久，等事情平息之后再恢复更新。

    再补一点，什么PS的微信公众号是点娘自己加的，跟我没关系，我也没有……嗯。

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