The Dark Visitor

In September, we brought you the story of Chinese hackers protesting the Sanlu Corp. for their practice of adding melamine to milk products in order to make them appear higher in protein.  Melamine is not intended for human consumption and caused children in China to develop kidney stones.  Many children died or suffered horribly.

Following the incident, the website jieshibaobao.com (children that developed kidney stones) was established to allow parents of victims to communicate with one another and post pictures of their children and the ordeal they endured.  The website posts images of the children’s suffering and has become an advocate group for compensation.

A group of patriotic Chinese hackers have joined together to attack the  website and force it down.  They claim the website is illegal, posting photoshopped pictures and fabricating the condition of the patients.  This casts a bad light on China’s period of prosperity and therefore, jieshibaobao.com has become the target of resentful patriotic youth.

The website was under daily attack and unable to function.  Jieshibabao was forced to move their website to an overseas server in hopes of avoiding the attacks.  However, the large coalition of patriotic hackers continued the attack and shut it down again.

Chinese netizens were not uniform in their support of this action.  Many were solidly against it.

Mongolian Cow Milk

As the scandal over melamine laced food products widens, Chinese hackers seem to be taking up the cause to punish guilty corporations.  When we first reported the defacement of the Sanlu Milk Company website, 50 children had suffered kidney stones due to the additive melamine.  Melamine is not meant for human consumption but if added to food stocks, will make it appear to be higher in protein.  This is the same additive responsible for the death of many pets last year.  The newest reports indicate that there are now over 6,000 children effected and  three deaths.

Chinese hackers have also stepped up their efforts to protest against the blatant disregard for public safety.  The latest corporation to suffer the wrath of the hacker community was the Mongolian Milk Corporation:

“When an infant with kidney stones lies weeping in a hospital bed, can the factory owners intuitively sense the condemnation?  In order to gain profit you have gone so far as to devastate these young lives!  I demand that the Mongolian Cow [Milk Corporation] delete all of its honorary lies from the official website and post a public apology!”

- by Stopped Clock

No, the Chinese hackers have not called this the “Milk Rebellion” but since it is getting very close to internal protesting, it is what I have dubbed it.