So far I've only seen this reported on Wired. The questions is; how serious is this threat? Any thoughts? Stephen Petri -----Original Message----- From: Rob Healey [mailto:rhealey@onvoy.com] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 1:18 PM To: Petri Stephen Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Chinese hackers plan week-long attack on American websites and ne tworks

.....As China and the United States attempt to peacefully end their diplomatic standoff ...........crackers from both countries continue to wage private wars on the Internet.

......Chinese hackers are now vowing to retaliate with a planned week-long all-out crack attack on American websites and networks which will start on May 1. .......

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,43134,00.html?tw=wn20010419

Hmmm, we've been seeing picked up activity from Chinese sites for well over a week now. They seem to be biased toward x86/Linux hacks/holes for now judging from attack analysis. General Port scan, DNS, HTTP and RPC hacks as well although specific buffer overflow/breakin code seems to be exclusively x86 for now. I suppose Solaris SPARC will soon follow as well as the x86 BSD's. -Rob -- Rob Healey rhealey@onvoy.com NE II ONVOY Core of Engineers Onvoy Phone (612) 362-5823 2829 University Avenue, S.E. Problems (612) 362-5800 Minneapolis, MN 55414 FAX (612) 362-5899