China Suffers Massive Internet Outage, Analysts Suspect Hackers -- CNN
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Millions of Chinese netizens were prevented from accessing huge swathes of the Internet Tuesday, with many rerouted to a website owned by a U.S. company with ties to a group outlawed in China.
The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a state-run department, blamed a "malfunction in root servers" that blocked access to top-level domain names in China such as .com and .net, according to a post on its Sina Weibo account, the Twitter-like micro-blogging service.
Security analysts quoted by the official Xinhua news agency said this could have been the result of a cyber attack by hackers -- though this has not been proved.
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More News On Tuesday's Massive Internet Outage In China
No, the Chinese internet did not somehow get re-routed to a small house in Wyoming -- Gigaom
This Little House in Wyoming Didn't Just Get Flooded With Web Traffic From China -- The Atlantic
In Outage, China’s Internet Traffic Redirected to Blocked Website -- Wall Street Journal
China's Great Firewall directs millions to open door to free surfing -- CNet
Chinese Web Outage Blamed on Censorship Glitch -- New York Times
Massive Internet Outage Sparks Great Firewall Scrutiny in China -- Voice of America
My Comment: It appears that it is "China's Great Firewall" that caused this mess.
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