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Chinese-Language Epoch Times Website Hit by Massive Cyberattack

Ground.News • September 22, 2026

Ahead of Xi Jinping's visit to the US, The Epoch Times was hit by approximately 50 billion cyberattacks. Why is The Epoch Times repeatedly targeted?

The Epoch Times Website Suffered a Massive Cyberattack Before Xi Jinping's Visit to the US.

Prior to Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping's visit to the United States, the Epoch Times website suffered a massive, multi-round, highly sophisticated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Hackers used a large number of controlled devices worldwide to simultaneously launch a massive number of requests to the website, attempting to exhaust its service capacity.

Before Xi Jinping's Visit to the United States, The Epoch Times Website Suffered a Massive Cyberattack.

Prior to Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping's visit to the United States, The Epoch Times website suffered a massive, multi-round, high-intensity, and highly complex distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Hackers launched a massive number of requests to the website simultaneously through a large number of controlled devices around the world, attempting to exhaust the website's service capacity.

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Epoch Times Website Targeted by Massive DDoS Attack Ahead of Xi Jinping's Visit The Chinese-language website of The Epoch Times experienced two significant cyberattacks lasting over 26 hours, generating approximately 50 billion malicious requests. The first wave began on September 10, 2026, and lasted 11 hours, while a second wave commenced later that day, continuing for more than 15 hours. Attackers utilized over 160,000 malicious internet addresses from more than 200 countries, overwhelming the website's processing capacity. The attacks were characterized as hyper-volumetric, with peak traffic exceeding 1 million requests per second. The Epoch Times has a history of being targeted, allegedly due to its reporting on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The attacks coincided with sensitive dates related to the CCP, specifically ahead of Xi Jinping's visit to the U.S. scheduled for September 23-25, 2026. The Epoch Times has reported the incident to federal authorities. 2 sources 73

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