Security experts say they’ve identified an archipelago of Chinese-language virtual private network services marketed to Chinese online gamers and those wishing to evade censorship. The services appear to be used as an active platform for launching attacks on non-Chinese corporations while obscuring the origins of the attackers. Many of Terracottas exit nodes were compromised Windows servers that were harvested without the victims knowledge or permission, the company says. The company warns that any servers that may be compromised may be seen phoning home to 8800dotinfo[dot].”]
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/08/chinese-vpn-service-as-attack-platform/