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                Date: 1999-02-23
                 
                 
                Schwarze Gäste: Chinas Crack-Bilanz
                
                 
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      100 Cracks im Jahre 98 wurden offiziell zugegeben, die  
Dunkelziffer liegt mindestens siebenmal so hoch. Gut 95  
Prozent der chinesischen Rechner, die mit der restlichen  
Welt verbunden sind, wurden von "schwarzen Gästen"  
angegriffen. Das sind die News aus dem Land hinter der  
grossen Feuermauer, in dem das Netz noch eine  
revolutionäre Rolle spielen wird. 
 
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SHANGHAI, Feb 23 (Reuters) - China cracked some 100  
cases of computer hacking last year ranging from mischief to  
serious crime, the International Finance News said on  
Tuesday. 
 
Public Security officials estimated that the uncovered cases  
represented just 15 percent of true activity, and with growing  
use of computers the crime was proliferating at an alarming  
30 percent a year, the newspaper said. 
 
Some 95 percent of China's computer networks linked to  
international ones had fallen prey to attempts by hackers --  
called "hei ke" or "black guests" in Chinese -- from inside  
and outside the country, it said. 
 
Banks, financial institutions and securities houses were the  
main targets, but most cases were not reported for  
commercial reasons, it said. 
 
The newspaper said most hackers were young people who  
attacked networks to show off their programming skills, and  
many escaped arrest as China has no specific laws for  
prosecuting electronic break-ins. 
 
But in one prominent case last year, China sentenced to  
death two brothers who broke into a bank's computer network  
and stole 260,000 yuan ($31,400). They were prosecuted for  
theft. 
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Copyright Reuters International
    
                 
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edited by Harkank 
published on: 1999-02-23 
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