· April, 2013

Stories about Hong Kong (China) from April, 2013

Hong Kong Citizen Media Site Faces DDoS Attack From China

  22 April 2013

Hong Kong-based citizen media platform inmediahk.net was hit by a DDoS attack last week, coming mainly from China. Inmedia, a volunteer citizen media network, has been blocked in mainland China since 2007. Inmedia members believe that recent coverage of controversial issues, including a dock workers' strike in Hong Kong and the construction of a military pier in the city's center, may have triggered the attack.

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