Chinese Hackers Force Pennsylvania To Shut Down State Website

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Just because the "attacks" are associated with Chinese domains, it
certainly doesn't mean that the Chinese were behind them.

Of course, it doesn't mean they weren't, either. :-)

Via NBC10.com.

[snip]

Pennsylvania's state government Web site was almost completely shut down
Friday after it was infiltrated by hackers from China, but officials said
they found no evidence of damage.

Four departments had security problems with their Web pages, leading to a
decision to take nearly all of the state's Internet site down on Friday
morning.

By late afternoon, nearly all of the state's site had been put back online.

The problems arose at pages of the departments of Labor and Industry,
Education, and Military and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Pennsylvania
Lottery's page.

Investigators tracked the source to a domain registered in China, she said.

[snip]

More:
http://www.nbc10.com/technology/14982217/detail.html

- - ferg

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