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2/8/2010 11:30:00 AM
Chinese can't hack, government says
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China has closed what it claims to be the largest hacker training website in the country and arrested three of its members, Reuters reported, based on Chinese media reports.
The "Black Hawk Safety Net" Web site taught hacking techniques and provided malicious software downloads for its 12,000 members in exchange for a fee, the Wuhan Evening News newspaper reported.
Hacking from China has received international attention since Google Inc. threatened to end its operations in China last month after a serious hacking attempt originated from China, and resulted in the theft of its intellectual property. The Des Moines Register reported last week that hackers in China accessed an Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission database.
China has denied involvement in the Google episode and said it does not condone hacking.
The hacking Web site was shut in late November and three of its members were arrested on suspicion of criminal activity, the newspaper reported, without saying why the news was only released now.
Wuhan happens to be home to the Communication Command Academy, which trains hackers, according to U.S. congressional testimony by cyber expert James Mulvenon in 2008, Reuters said.
The popularity of hacking in China, and hackers' use of multiple addresses and servers, in Taiwan and elsewhere, makes it hard to prove how or by whom they are coordinated, Reuters said.
Would-be hackers in China do not have to look far to figure out how to do it, thanks to a healthy hacking industry and sites such as Black Hawk Safety Net, Reuters said.
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