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China’s ‘Great Cannon’ could hack anyone, researchers warn

China’s recent attack on GitHub and GreatFire.org was carried out using a specially designed offensive system dubbed the Great Cannon (GC). The attack actively diverted unencrypted oversees traffic intended for search-giant Baidu and used it to carry out denial-of-service attacks aimed at shutting down anti-censorship tools.

By: James Temperton,

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