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Some Thoughts After the Hacker Attack of FGMtv.org
By a Falun Dafa Practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) Recently, the FangGuangMing web site (FGMtv.org) was
hacked for the second time, when hackers placed a "Trojan horse"*
virus on the server. While it was the intruders themselves who created a truly
damaging interference, we practitioners should all look toward ourselves and
ask, "Why were they able to interfere and cause us harm?"
Many of the practitioners in China who frequently use the Internet seem to
concentrate on breaking through the Internet information blockade and on
learning new techniques. Sometimes, when I go to an online discussion forum to
share experiences, I find that some participants, while superficially appearing
to look at problems from a basis of the Fa, are actually trying to convince
others of their own points of view by placing blame and criticizing rather than
discussing with mercy and compassion. One should be aware that even today, there
are still some spies lurking in these online forums.
The practitioners outside China may be busy at other things related to
Fa-rectification. Their activity is mainly uploading materials, which is still
focused on technological aspects. Staying at the human level of using preventive
techniques alone cannot prevent the attacks on our web sites. Practitioners both
inside and outside China have omissions, such as the attachments to doing
things, and to not cultivating very well, which have created opportunities for
evil to manifest.
Additionally, I suggest that practitioners both inside and outside China
should maintain good habits of information security. We should scan our
computers on a weekly basis with utilities such as Ad-aware and Norton
Anti-virus software to detect and remove any viruses, data mining
"spy" software or Trojan horses. We should not leave any omission as
an invitation to evil, even at the superficial, human level.
However, human intelligence and the maximum effort that a human can possibly
exert are both very limited. Fa-rectification period Falun Dafa disciples who
limit themselves to these human endeavors will be leaving omissions in which
evil can easily manifest. At this point, I feel it is appropriate to quote from
Master's article,
"Be careful: When a problem arises, do not try to find out who
should be held accountable. Instead, you should examine your own conduct. Do
not try to look into who wrote them. Take a lesson from it and be careful in
the future." (from "Correction," Falun Dafa Essentials for
Further Advancement)
I suggest that all concerned practitioners calm their minds and study the Fa
well. Studying the Fa and clearing our minds of human thoughts can only make our
Dafa-related work purer, more efficient, and more like Dafa disciples'
validating Dafa, rather than like everyday people doing everyday people's
things.
The above is just my own enlightenment; please point out with compassion
anything that is inappropriate.
Trojan horse*: a computer program named for the legend in which
the Greeks won the Trojan War by hiding in a huge, hollow wooden horse to sneak
into the fortified city of Troy. A "Trojan horse" program masquerades
as a benign looking computer file but, when activated, acts as a security breach
by doing any number of things, such as creating a "back door" for
future entry to the site, or stealing user information and passwords and
emailing them to a recipient in Mainland China, for example.
.[Related Article: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/6/12/36843.html]
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