Regarding the largest-scale attack by unknown hackers in Baidu's history

This afternoon, Baidu suffered the largest scale of attack by unidentified hackers in its history; as a result, the Baidu search service experienced nearly 30 minutes of failure across various regions.

After the struggle between Baidu's technical engineers and the unidentified hackers, Baidu's search service has returned to normal by evening. Currently, all internet users nationwide can continue to enjoy the free, convenient, and high-quality search services provided by Baidu as usual.

From the analysis of the symptoms, this large-scale attack was likely organized and meticulously planned by someone. Baidu will cooperate with public security authorities to investigate this matter.

Baidu Corporation

September 12, 2006