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China hit by 500,000 cyber attacks in 2010(Daily Regional Times (Pakistan) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) China said on Tuesday that it was hit by nearly 500,000 cyber attacks last year, about half of which originated from foreign countries including the United States and India. The news comes just days after US firm McAfee said it had uncovered a massive global cyber spying campaign it described as a “five-year targeted operation” by one unnamed actor which many analysts said was China. According to a government report, most of the attacks on China came in the form of Trojan software a malicious programme that masquerades as an application the official Xinhua news agency said. Nearly 15 percent of the destructive programmes came from IP addresses in the United States, while another eight percent originated in India, said the report by the National Computer Network Emergency Response Coordination Centre. China, which has the world’s largest online population with 485 million users, has itself been accused of spearheading online attacks on government agencies and companies, although Beijing has always denied this. The Chinese state media lambasted claims that China was behind the sophisticated hacking effort uncovered by McAfee, calling them “irresponsible”. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |