China's PLA gaff, evidence of PLA attacking American website

[hansioux]

Don't know if this kind of internet security related news belongs in the Faux show forum.


http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002221.html

This was an PLA boasting video about how effective their internet army can be. Chinese generals have repeatedly stated the information warfare will be the most important aspect of any future warfare.

The video shows they have developed a tool with a menu to select types of the attack and where to attack. The menu reads:

People's Liberation Army Information Engineering University

Select Attack Destinations

Target IP

List of Falung Gong sites

Falun Dafa in North America
Falun Dafa website
Meng Hui website
Witnesses of Falun Gong website 1
Witnesses of Falun Gong website 2

The site they demonstrated is an Alabama University website. So, apparently attacking American websites is such a frequent task, they have build menus for it.

[JeremyR]

I think the TechSNAP forum may be more appropriate for security-related topics.