<p>"The reason why Chinese users could not log on to the website was that our domain name server (DNS) in the United States was illegally attacked," Xinhua reported.<br /><br />The company said it was still investigating the problem.<br />"It is rare for Baidu.com to be down for so long as the company boasts high security protection," said Li Tiejun, an IT security engineer of Beijing Kingsoft.<br /><br />The search engine, which claims 70 percent of China's Internet search market, had only been down only once previously, for half an hour in December 2006. <br /><br /></p>
<p>"The reason why Chinese users could not log on to the website was that our domain name server (DNS) in the United States was illegally attacked," Xinhua reported.<br /><br />The company said it was still investigating the problem.<br />"It is rare for Baidu.com to be down for so long as the company boasts high security protection," said Li Tiejun, an IT security engineer of Beijing Kingsoft.<br /><br />The search engine, which claims 70 percent of China's Internet search market, had only been down only once previously, for half an hour in December 2006. <br /><br /></p>