Cyberpunks held responsible for China's latest internet failure

According to a statement given out by the China Internet Information Center, the outage which transpired on Tuesday afternoon and lasted for hours, appeared to be brought about by a breakdown in the Domain Name System server.

The DNS server is the system that translates alphabetical website addresses into numerical IP addresses.

The interruption which prevented internet surfers from browsing two-thirds of the domain websites all over China has also been experienced in several regions of Hong Kong and Japan.

For the duration of the interruption, web users were rerouted to a domain ran by Dynamic Internet Technology, a U.S. based software development enterprise that features services which permit users to view government blocked websites.

Dynamic Internet Technology later wrote a statement, refuting any involvement with the latest disruption. The firm additionally explained that the disruption was more likely resulting from a breakdown on China's internet censorship network.

The root cause of the internet interruption still remains unclear. Nevertheless, several speculations concerning the cause are spreading.

A few experts on the cyber security industry believe that the failure was possibly brought about by a malicious cyber attack.

Song Yingqiao, security expert for Net.cn, a chief internet Hackers blamed for China's recent internet outage operated by Alibaba Group, said in an interview that the latest disruption may have been caused by online criminals in a vicious effort to obtain sensitive information.

However, a separate study performed by a U.S. based authority on China's internet censorship system showed that the failure occurred within the nation's own networks and was likely triggered by a human error.

Last 2012, Chinese micro blogging website Sina Weibo endured an enormous interruption during a sensational murder trial that involved a distinguished Chinese official. The failure which went on for 60 minutes, led to a great deal of rumours among Chinese netizens.

Greatfire.org, an independent website which tracks internet censorship in China, circulated an article pertaining to the latest disruption and released three theories on why it materialized. One points to Falun Gong, a Buddist religious group, recently was held accountable for a number of cyber attacks and the other cites the Chinese government's probable attempt to control Greatfire.org's un-blockable mirror sites.

The Chinese government has always been castigated for its guidelines on internet censorship. Chinese authorities are known to manipulate internet service providers into blacklisting websites that are perceived as objectionable or may act as a danger to country security.

It is also known to block websites that promote public opinions and freedom of speech, famous cam websites like, and , along with foreign social network sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

According to an Amnesty International report, the nation boasts of the largest number of apprehended journalists and internetcritics and at present employs two million "web police" to keep an eye on the internet and to manipulate public opinions online.

China presently ranks as the most prohibiting country in Asia and belongs to the bottom five countries with the lowest internet freedom.

Source: Revenge Ex Girlfriend China Internet Information Center