Info ping.
Yes, all that this morning in the computer world was cyber attacks..
I was slightly amused at work today when I read the headline.
Looks like China is going through what could be close to a “1929.”
We monitor that on a daily basis. It always looks like that. Their are many attacks aimed at the US from China, Russia and Europe daily.
And no I don’t work for the Feral Gubermint.
:)
Read the comments on this article. One poster explained very well why one area (in particular) seems to be hit more than anyone.
To paraphrase:
Too many people in China use bootleg copies of Windows. This leaves them open to bots. Once their computers are infected, the hacker can use that computer to ‘attack’ a specific target.
That’s why the attack on St. Louis (?) today is spreading. Now the hits are coming from multiple nations (even within the US)
So some hacker (could be from anywhere) is attacking one particular target and using ‘slaves’ to do the lock-picking.
Not saying that China’s NOT a big problem when it comes to cyber attacks (they sure are), but they can also be useful idiots.
Thanks Darksheare.