Baidu not safe from hackers either

With all the talk of Google’s response to Chinese cyber-attacks, less noticed has been the attack on Chinese search giant Baidu today. Earlier today, users trying to access Baidu were redirected to the above page (screenshot via Danwei.org)saying, "This site has been hacked by the Iranian cyber army". This same previously unkown group hacked Twitter ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.
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With all the talk of Google's response to Chinese cyber-attacks, less noticed has been the attack on Chinese search giant Baidu today. Earlier today, users trying to access Baidu were redirected to the above page (screenshot via Danwei.org)saying, "This site has been hacked by the Iranian cyber army".

With all the talk of Google’s response to Chinese cyber-attacks, less noticed has been the attack on Chinese search giant Baidu today. Earlier today, users trying to access Baidu were redirected to the above page (screenshot via Danwei.org)saying, "This site has been hacked by the Iranian cyber army".

This same previously unkown group hacked Twitter in December. Given Twitter’s well-publicized role in the green revolution, it was a logical target for pro-Iranian extremists. But what’s their beef with Baidu?

In any event, strange day on the Chinese internets. 

 

Joshua Keating is a former associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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