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03May/16

Baidu faces probe after student death

May 3, 2016InternetBaidu, Baidu Yi, Beijing, China, Company: Baidu, Computing, Death of Wei Zexi, Economy of China, Google, Google Search, information technology, Internet search engines, PAUL CARSTEN, Robin Li, Ryan Brooks, Science and technology in the People's Republic of China, search engine, Web search engine, Wu Zexismbale

Regulators have launched a probe at Baidu after a dying student accused the country’s top search engine of promoting false medical information. As Ryan Brooks reports, investors have cuts more than $5bln from Baidu’s market capitalisation. 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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