Cyberpunks at fault for China's recent internet outage

According to a statement sent by the China Internet Information Center, the disruption which materialized on Tuesday afternoon and continued for a few hours, was likely triggered by a crash in the Domain Name System server.

The DNS server is the system that converts alphabetical website addresses into numerical internet protocol addresses.

The disruption which prohibited internet surfers from accessing two-thirds of the domain sites across China was also cited in several sections of Hong Kong and Japan.

For the duration of the disruption, online users were rerouted to a site belonging to Dynamic Internet Technology, a U.S. based software development business that carries services which enable users to browse government censored sites.

Dynamic Internet Technology later wrote a statement, denying any participation with the latest interruption. The organization likewise said that the disruption was more likely due to a failure on China's internet censorship network.

The cause of the internet outage still is left unclear. Unfortunately, a few speculations concerning the cause are making rounds.

A number of experts on the online security field suggest that the malfunction was likely elicited by a spiteful cyber attack.

Song Yingqiao, security analyst for Net.cn, a prominent internet Online hackers held responsible for China's recent internet outage owned by Alibaba Group, mentioned in an interview that the past blackout might have been elicited by online criminals in a malicious attempt to obtain confidential data.

However, an independent study accomplished by a U.S. based authority on China's internet censorship system disclosed that the crash transpired within the country's own networks and was most likely generated by a human error.

Last 2012, Chinese micro blogging website Sina Weibo endured a severe failure during a controversial murder trial that involved a major Chinese official. The failure which endured for 60 minutes, resulted in a tremendous amount of rumours among Chinese netizens.

Greatfire.org, an independent website which keeps track of internet censorship in China, uploaded an article pertaining to the recent outage and presented three theories on why it transpired. One points to Falun Gong, a Buddist religious group, recently was held responsible for a series of cyber attacks and the other cites the Chinese government's possible effort to control Greatfire.org's un-blockable mirror sites.

The Chinese government has long been chastised for its policy on internet censorship. Chinese authorities are known to control service providers into barring sites that are considered to be undesirable or may pose as a danger to state security.

It is also acknowledged to ban websites that promote public opinions and freedom of speech, popular webcam sites such as, and , along with international social network sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

According to an Amnesty International report, the nation boasts of the biggest number of apprehended journalists and cyber-critics and presently employs two million "web police" to track the internet and to modify public opinions online.

China currently ranks as the most restricting nation in Asia and belongs to the bottom five nations with the lowest internet liberty.

Source: Revenge Ex Girlfriend Amnesty International