DDOS Attacks Between Chinese Online Games Takes Down Internet
In China, online games are big business. So big that competitors engage in some shady practices to snipe at each other and one of these instances took down the Internet over there back in May. NetworkWorld has more details.
In China, online games are big business. So big that competitors engage in some shady practices to snipe at each other and one of these instances took down the Internet over there back in May. NetworkWorld has more details.
Attacks between illegal game operators and other Internet businesses are fairly common in China, both in and outside of major cities, said a local security researcher. Online mercenaries who own servers or control networks of compromised PCs often sell attack services on private forums or chat clients, he said.
