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Taiwan targeted by Chinese hackers
From Geostrategy-Direct, requires subscription....China launched an information warfare attack against Taiwan. The Internet attack involved the use of Trojan horse programs to infect private computers that were then able to break into government databases. "National intelligence has indicated that an army of hackers based in Chinaâs Hubei and Fujian provinces has successfully spread 23 different Trojan horse programs to the networks of 10 private high-tech companies here to use them as a springboard to break into at least 30 different government agencies and 50 private companies," Cabinet spokesman Lin Chia-lung told reporters in Taipei Sept. 4. Hit in the computer attacks were the National Police Administration, the Ministry of National Defense, the Central Election Commission and the Central Bank of China.The attacks were detected and countermeasures were taken before any networks were damaged. Chinaâs military has made information warfare a major priority. Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-09-10 |
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