C hina’s largest search engine, Baidu, has been hacked. For a period of time the website showed the following (click to enlarge):

baidu-hacked-by-iranian-cyber-army

We do not yet know if this is the same individual or group that managed to change the IP address for Twitter several weeks ago, redirecting to a page with an image and text showing “Iranian Cyber Army,” nor if the hack on Baidu is similar in nature. But the image on Baidu is similar to the one from the Twitter IP hack.

We will update with more information as it becomes available.

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Dave Siavashi is a new media journalist, blogger, technologist, editor and founder of Iran News Now. A pioneer in live-blog reporting on the Mideast and breaking news, his work has been quoted in multiple news publications and he is regularly tweeted and retweeted by the journalists of the Twitterverse. He writes for Iran News Now and EA Wordview.
  • http://blog.wkj8.com WilliamZhou

    In fact,as a Chinese,I don’t know why they do so.
    On the other hand,I don’t like Baidu at all for some reasons.

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