Hack Attack Shuts Down Site Tracking Chinese Human Rights Violations

Computers used by the 64 Tian Wang website, known for its exposures of Chinese human rights violations, were hacked on Aug. 27. The hackers infiltrated the computers’ registry files and changed data and caused nearly 14 million registry data errors. Files were corrupted and data lost and outside access to the site was interrupted.

A volunteer at the website, Mr. Pu Fei, told the Epoch Times that the attack was discovered during the morning of Aug. 27 and that all browsing access to the site was lost in the afternoon. After investigation by their overseas technicians, they found that a large number of improper files had been uploaded, resulting in the website’s being unable to function properly.

“The attack on the website can be accomplished by remote computers, but in order to change the registry data and install malware, it is necessary to personally turn on the computers and then enter the correct password,” Pu said.

He believes that the incident shows that the cyber attackers must have been professionally trained.

The means of attack are similar to those that tried to hack into the Falun Gong official website earlier this summer, as the Chinese regime unwittingly revealed in a television program called The Coming Internet Storm.

64 Tian Wang is a well-known activist website that reports events on the mainland and is mostly concerned with human rights issues in China. The Chinese Communist Party pulled the plug on the organization’s web access in 2000 but they reopened after relocating their servers to America.

Read the original Chinese article.

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