Thursday, November 29, 2007
Hackers With Borders
Traditionally the hacker culture as been seen as an international movement and society. However this is not solely the case. Independent groups in both China and Japan have made attacks on each other in an attempt to disrupt Internet site viewing. On August 7, 2004 the Japan Times reported in their article "Japan: Organized Chinese hackers hit official Japanese Sites" that a group of about 1900 Chinese hackers attacked over 200 official web sites in Japan and Taiwan, in retaliation to Japanese hacker's attack on the China Federation of Defending Diaoyu Islands website. Allegedly they replaced the site with a page containing a Japanese nationalistic expression:
"the Uotsuri Island belongs to Japan"
It is interesting to imagine how these major governments would handle such confrontation. Do these governments support the actions of their private hackers forces? With such bad relations already existing between these countries could this trade of blow escalate to war like scenario?
"the Uotsuri Island belongs to Japan"
It is interesting to imagine how these major governments would handle such confrontation. Do these governments support the actions of their private hackers forces? With such bad relations already existing between these countries could this trade of blow escalate to war like scenario?
Labels: China, Hacker, Japan, Uotsuri Island
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A very good post.
You have asked some key questions: What is the responsiblity of the governments in relation to these incidents? This kind of activity bears watching to see what these cyber militants are doing and what role governments are playing in controlling these situations.
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You have asked some key questions: What is the responsiblity of the governments in relation to these incidents? This kind of activity bears watching to see what these cyber militants are doing and what role governments are playing in controlling these situations.
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