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11Nov/17

China shopping festival smashes record with $25 bln haul

November 11, 2017EconomyAlibaba, Alibaba Cloud, Alibaba Group, Black Friday, China, Company: Alibaba, Countries, e-commerce, East Asia, Economy of China, Forms of government, Internet in China, Shanghai, Singles' Day, United Statessmbale

SHANGHAI, CHINA (NOVEMBER 11 AND 12, 2017) (REUTERS) – Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, said that its Singles’ Day sales extravaganza on Saturday’s (November 11) hit $25.4 billion, smashing its own record from last year and cementing it as the world’s biggest shopping event. Continue reading →

31Mar/15

China suspected of launching massive cyber attack against GitHub

March 31, 2015SecurityBaidu, Baidu Inc., China, Computing, Cyberwarfare, Denial-of-service attack, Denial-of-service attacks, Dot-com, GitHub, GITHUB INC., GreatFire, Human rights in China, Information Age, Internet, Internet activism, Internet censorship in China, Internet in China, NEXT MEDIA, Politics, Project management software, search engine, search traffic, Technology, Technology/Internet, The New York Times, THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, United States, Version control, Web traffic, web traffic capabilitiessmbale

China (Next Media) – US coding website GitHub says it is facing the largest cyber attack in its history. China is thought to be behind the attack, which began on Thursday and is ongoing.
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