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China worries hackers will strike during Beijing Olympics
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 08:45, 25th April 2008 GMT
Source: Computer World News
While CNN recently faced distributed denial-of-service attacks from Chinese hackers angry about the cable television network's coverage of a recent Chinese crackdown in Tibet, Chinese security officials remain worried hackers will strike while the Olympic Games are being held in Beijing.
"Based on historical experience, many hackers seeking to make a name for themselves view the Olympic Games as a challenge and a target, and the Beijing Olympics may face attacks from individual hackers, groups, organizations, as well as other countries and those with all kinds of political motivations, therefore the network security situation is very grim," China's National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT) said in a report released earlier this month.
A high-profile attack on Chinese computer systems during the Olympics in August would be a serious blow to organizers and the government, which has worked hard to position the Games as a celebration of the economic and social strides made by China since embarking on reforms 30 years ago.
"It's very important for the government to make this successful," said Jim Fitzsimmons, a security consultant in Shanghai. "They are taking this issue very, very seriously."
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