Click here to download report . Truce Declared After Defacing Worm Unleashed On May 9, three Chinese hacker groups declared a truce in the ongoing hacker skirmish. The source of the worm is unknown. A source at one of the US Web sites defaced early in the conflict states that all data was wiped as part of a the attack, making forensic review of the incident extremely difficult. Wiping a server's operating system is extremely destructive and unusual for a web defacement.
Hackers normally back up or delete just the first page of a web site, usually named index.html.
A Chinese hacker Web site is making available the UDP Flooder 2.0 and encouraging others to join in the attacks. To date, these ping attacks do not appear to have had any negative effect on the CIA or White House Web sites. The attacks are scheduled to begin at noon EST today, which is midnight in Beijing. There are at least 14 Web sites targeted, including the White House, FBI, US House of Representatives, US Pentagon, US Navy, and National Security Agency. Commercial targets include The New York Times, CNN and The Army Times.