Epoch Times Websites Targeted in Suspected CCP-Linked Cyberattack

Contact Your Elected Officials
The Epoch Times Header

The coordinated denial-of-service attack used tens of thousands of computers with IPs located around the world, the company said.

The Epoch Timesโ€™ websites have again been targeted in a coordinated mass cyberattack.

Readers and supporters around the world reported that they were unable to access The Epoch Timesโ€™ Chinese and English language websites starting at about 5 p.m. ET on July 20.

According to the head of the companyโ€™s technology department, the incident was a denial-of-service (DOS) attack using tens of thousands of compromised computers with IPs located around the world to overwhelm The Epoch Timesโ€™ servers.

โ€œThe large-scale, coordinated attack attempted to exhaust Epoch Times web serversโ€™ computing and bandwidth resources to impact their ability to serve legitimate users,โ€ he said.

The large volume attackโ€”which particularly targeted The Epoch Timesโ€™ Chinese language websiteโ€”lasted more than four hours.

The attacks started a few days earlier but peaked on July 20โ€”a sensitive date for Chinaโ€™s ruling regime.

On July 20, 1999, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began a deadly campaign to eradicate a popular spiritual practice in China called Falun Gong. Practitioners in the United States established The Epoch Times in 2000 to warn the world of the CCPโ€™s ongoing human rights atrocities.

Every year on July 20, The Epoch Times publishes news and updates about the CCPโ€™s persecution of Falun Gong. When the persecution started, the estimated one in 13 Chinese people who were practicing the spiritual discipline were made enemies of the state overnight.

A large but unknown number of practitioners have since been illegally coerced, detained, brainwashed, tortured, or killed for their beliefs. Many have been victims of the CCPโ€™s live organ harvesting crimes, first reported as occurring in state-run hospitals.

Political figures from various countries expressed their support for Falun Gongโ€”a spiritual self-improvement practice that teaches practitioners to live by the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and toleranceโ€”on the anniversary this year. The U.S. State Department issued a statement calling on the CCP to stop suppressing Falun Gong and release all those imprisoned for their beliefs.

The Epoch Timesโ€™ technology department said the company believes the DOS attack on July 20 was linked to the CCP.

Byย Epoch Newsroom

Read Full Article on TheEpochTimes.com

The Epoch Times
The Epoch Timeshttps://www.theepochtimes.com/
Tired of biased news? The Epoch Times is truthful, factual news that other media outlets don't report. No spin. No agenda. Just honest journalism like it used to be.

Armistice and amnesiaโ€ฏย 

In case you missed it too, June 25thโ€ฏmarked the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War โ€“ the first hot front of the Cold War.โ€ฏ

Candace Owens Gets Sued by Macrons

Candace Owens began a deep dive into the lives of French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife Brigitte, and the story of how they came to be together.

Fluoride โ€˜Tabletsโ€™ For Babies EXPLODE in Popularity Amid Water Fluoridation Rollbacks

Reportedly, NPCs are so distraught that their toddlers wonโ€™t be fed a neurotoxin through the public water supply that theyโ€™ve resorted to fluoride pills.

ChatGPT Goes Biblical about End Times!

There are some truly outstanding internet content creators, or...

Bangkok Indians: โ€˜You Are Lucky Manโ€™

In Bangkok, friendly prostitutes outside โ€œmassageโ€ shops tell me Iโ€™m โ€œso handsome man.โ€ Indian men prowling those streets tell me Iโ€™m โ€œlucky man.โ€

Education Department Probe Finds 5 Virginia School Districts Violated Title IX

Five school districts in No. VA violated Title IX by allowing students to access โ€œintimate, sex-segregated facilities based on subjective โ€˜gender identity,โ€™โ€

Washington State Sues to Prevent Trump Admin From Accessing Food Aid Immigration Data

Washington state is suing financial services company Fidelity Information Service to prevent it from sharing food aid data with the federal government.

5 Things to Know About Trump Adminโ€™s Settlement With Columbia University

Under agreement between President Trump and Columbia regarding anti-Semitism, school will pay a $200 million fine to regain federal money.

Trumps America: Welpโ€ฆ that backfired.

The official @TheDemocrats account posted chart with the caption โ€œTrumpโ€™s Americaโ€ โ€” but didnโ€™t seem to notice how their own graph actually works.

Ex-DOJ Officials File Lawsuit Against Bondi Over Terminations

Former DOJ officials filed lawsuit against AG Bondi and the fed. govt, saying they were terminated for work on cases related to Jan. 6 Capitol breach.

Odds of U.S.-EU Trade Deal Are 50โ€“50 Ahead of Tariff Deadline: Trump

President Donald Trump said thereโ€™s a 50โ€“50 chance that the United States will finalize a trade deal with the European Union before an Aug. 1 deadline.

Trump Pulls Habbaโ€™s Nomination for New Jerseyโ€™s Top Prosecutor, Making Her Acting US Attorney

President Trump withdrew his nomination of Alina Habba to serve as NJโ€™s top federal prosecutor, making her Acting US Attorney.

Trump Says He Wants Muskโ€™s Companies to โ€˜Thrive Like Never Beforeโ€™

On Thursday, President Trump said, โ€œI want Elon, and all businesses within our Country, to THRIVE, in fact, THRIVE like never before!โ€
spot_img

Related Articles