article_snippet.sent: its citizens've developed a new IT weapon and have attacked servers outside its citizens borders, including in the United States.
article_snippet.sent: Going on the attack so visibly and handily within another country's borders will probably draw international ire, The study's authors say, and Beijing may have counted on that.
article_snippet.sent: And they are afraid this new cyberweapon could easily be used for an array of powerful attacks beyond what they've already observed.
article_snippet.sent: But the other target may seem odd at first glance.
article_snippet.sent: The two attacks were connected, however, the study says.
article_snippet.sent: By triggering attacks and analyzing attacks, attacks concluded that Beijing has developed a tool distinctly different from the Great Firewall.
article_snippet.sent: Back then, the programmers noticed that there were unique aspects about the attack.
highlights_snippet.sent: China's cybercensors have developed a new IT weapon and have attacked servers outside China's cybercensors borders .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Attacks by the "Great Cannon" are in the open and could draw international ire, the authors of the study say .