China hit by "largest ever" attack during weekend
中国国家域名遭遇近年最大网络攻击

China's top-level domain name service "DOT C-N" has been hacked in what the government has called the largest ever attack on China's internet address server. An Official from the China Internet Network Information Center described the attack as unprecedented.

Qi Ln, deputy director of China Internet Network Information Center, said, "The first wave began at about midnight. It lasted around two hours and interrupted services. The problem was fixed by our engineers at around 2 am. Only a few users were affected. At 4 am, another wave came. This is the largest-ever attack on the Chinese domain name servers in history.

"Luckily, the attack did not affect many internet-users. The operation of the dot C-N domain name resumed at 9 am on Sunday morning."

More than 2.9 million websites have been registered with the extension ".CN", including governmental websites. Analysts say,given the scale of the attack, it was more likely to involve an organization than ordinary hackers. Qi said it is against the law in China to attack important computers and information systems. The government will conduct an investigation soon into who might have been behind it.