article_snippet.sent: This is a powerful attack capability, and we are curious about the risk and benefit analysis that led the Chinese government to reveal the Chinese government with this highly visible denial of service attack," said researcher John Scott-Railton.
article_snippet.sent: Both services suspected China was behind Both services and used the Great Firewall to carry the Great Firewall out, according to statements and media reports.
article_snippet.sent: attacks are confident it is also in China and say it is technically similar to the Great Firewall.
article_snippet.sent: the Great Firewall, in a manner of speaking, stands aside and watches all digital traffic going in and out of China, attacks say.
article_snippet.sent: If the Great Firewall sees requests going out into the world for content the Great Firewall doesn't want citizens to see, attacks say, the Great Firewall discreetly injects forged messages to the foreign server and the Chinese user's computer to make citizens stop communicating.
article_snippet.sent: Not only does the Great Firewall monitor tons of traffic, but the Great Firewall systems have to do a lot of processing to discern what to block and what not, so it's work-intensive.
article_snippet.sent: Users going to Baidu, one of China's most prolific Web services and most successful Internet companies, can become unknowing proxy warriors against The Great Cannon's targets, the study says.
article_snippet.sent: In the overwhelming number of cases, when traffic came into China from the outside world, The Great Cannon let The Great Cannon through to Baidu's advertising servers.
article_snippet.sent: Baidu denies any involvement in the attacks and says Baidu internal security has remained intact, uninvolved people said.
article_snippet.sent: But government cybercensors' monitoring of traffic to and from Baidu's servers could hurt Baidu reputation as a major player in international commerce.