China's Popular Search Engine Hacked By 'Iranian Cyber Army'

Image: Visitors to the site were greeted with this message.

Baidu Hacked By 'Iranian Cyber Army' -- The BBC

China's most popular search engine, Baidu, has been targeted by the same hackers that took Twitter offline in December, according to reports.

A group claiming to be the Iranian Cyber Army redirected Baidu users to a site displaying a political message.

The site was down for at least four hours on Tuesday, Chinese media said.

Last year's attack on micro-blogging service Twitter had the same hallmarks, sending users to a page with an Iranian flag and message in Farsi.

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My Comment: I am sure the Chinese are not amused by this cyber attack. I am also sure that many in China are probably wondering if this was an independent attack .... or an attack sanctioned by someone in the Iranian Government. Hmmmm .... I do not think we have heard the last of this story.