Shandong Lanxiang Vocational School

The Shandong Lanxiang Vocational School (Chinese: 山东蓝翔高等; pinyin: Shāndōng Lánxiáng Gāoděng) is a vocational school in the Tianqiao District of Jinan, Shandong, China.

The school was founded in 1984[1] and is said to have been established with support from the People's Liberation Army.[2]The school admits about 20,000 students per year[1] and offers courses in subjects like cooking, auto repair, and hairdressing, as well as computer skills (albeit possibly only basic ones).[1]

The school has been suspected as a site from which cyber attacks were launched in 2009 (Operation Aurora[2]) and in 2011;[1] school officials have denied that their school launched the attacks.[1]

Address

The street address of the school is 85 Jiluo Road (Chinese: 济泺路85号; pinyin: Jì luò lù 85 hào).

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Jonathan Watts: Gmail hack: phishing finger pointed at China's Lanxiang vocational school, The Guardian, Friday 3 June 2011
  2. ^ a b John Markoff, David Barboza: 2 China Schools Said to Be Tied to Online Attacks, The New York Times, published: February 18, 2010