How GitHub Apparently Ended Up In The Crosshairs Of Chinese Hackers

The big code repository GitHub is currently fighting off a large, prolonged denial of service attack--apparently in part because China or its sympathizers took exception to dissidents who use GitHub to host software for routing around China's Great Firewall. No group has taken responsibility for the attack, but several indications suggest that its perpetrators are retaliating against China's perceived enemies. Some of the main GitHub pages targeted in the attack are repositories that specifical...