Security News > 2015 > April > Github Attack Perpetrated by China’s Great Cannon Traffic Injection Tool (Threatpost)
2015-04-10 17:06
The Great Firewall's offensive counterpart, the Great Cannon, which inject malicious scripts to reroute traffic, is responsible for recent massive DDoS attacks targeting Github and GreatFire.org.
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http://threatpost.com/github-attack-perpetrated-by-chinas-great-cannon-traffic-injection-tool/112109
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