Chinese Central Bank DDOS'd by "Foreign Bitcoin Investors"

[Sir Lagsalot]

Just wrote a piece on this, quoting George Chen of the South China Morning Post:

http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/2013/12/18/pboc-ddosd-by-foreign-bitcoin-investors/

So own up, guys! Which one of you was it? 

[BitcoinBarrel]

Got PUNTED lol 

[drdejanm]

Well, maybe it is a good idea to use all mining computers power to ddos those bankers!

[dopey]

Well this isn't going to help anything... they should be focusing on alternative methods to continue using crypto.

[shadowninjax]

now we're talking  

[EvilPanda]

Their commie media are doing their job: "foreign investors are mad, not our people, our people know we are doing this for their own good".

[quone17]

I saw that headline.  I was thinking, who would be DDOS'ing the China bank?  Imagine if all the savy BTC creators etc. decided to attack China?  Finally someone to slay the dragon and their stupid Great Firewall that helps keep the masses from knowledge.

[EuroTrash]

Other source:

http://thediplomat.com/2013/12/bitcoin-hackers-reportedly-target-peoples-bank-of-china/

[Gabi]

Oh look, propaganda. How are they so sure they are "foreign bitcoin investors"? What? They are just inventing it?

[jeppe]

finally someone going up agains the banks of china !!! but wasn't me

[Sir Lagsalot]

There's no way to say who was responsible. Maybe "foreign Bitcoin investors," maybe Chinese activists, possibly even be an adversarial power like Japan.

Whoever was responsible, it certainly won't endear cryptocurrency to the Chinese government. But at least it shows the Chinese people that however pervasive and smothering their state, it's not invulnerable.

[c933103]

Do note that PBC not even admitted such attack exist, despite their site really cannot be accessed sometime yesterday...

[accord01]

way to go, this is going to make bitcoin look good and get you your (undeserved) profits back!!!! idiots.

[BittBurger]

Karma is a bitch ...