topic DDoSing Telegram in Industry News https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/DDoSing-Telegram/m-p/23733#M3002 <P>Telegram, which has been used by activists to circumvent government surveillance and censorship, saw a <A href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-13/telegram-traces-cyber-attack-to-china-amid-hong-kong-protests" target="_blank" rel="noopener">massive denial of service type attack</A> in the wake of the Hong Kong protests, with most of the traffic originating from Chinese IP addresses.&nbsp; Telegram's CEO said the <A href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/telegram-app-attack-1.5173386" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cyberattack was "state actor-sized</A>."</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>(It hasn't necessarily worked, since the contentious "extradition" law that sparked the protests has been <A href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-48645342" target="_blank" rel="noopener">put on hold for the time being</A>, even if not cancelled.)</P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:14:10 GMT rslade 2023-10-09T09:14:10Z DDoSing Telegram https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/DDoSing-Telegram/m-p/23733#M3002 <P>Telegram, which has been used by activists to circumvent government surveillance and censorship, saw a <A href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-13/telegram-traces-cyber-attack-to-china-amid-hong-kong-protests" target="_blank" rel="noopener">massive denial of service type attack</A> in the wake of the Hong Kong protests, with most of the traffic originating from Chinese IP addresses.&nbsp; Telegram's CEO said the <A href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/telegram-app-attack-1.5173386" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cyberattack was "state actor-sized</A>."</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>(It hasn't necessarily worked, since the contentious "extradition" law that sparked the protests has been <A href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-48645342" target="_blank" rel="noopener">put on hold for the time being</A>, even if not cancelled.)</P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:14:10 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/DDoSing-Telegram/m-p/23733#M3002 rslade 2023-10-09T09:14:10Z