Chinese hackers hitting many more places than Japan

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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111109a6.html

The Japan Times Online
Nov. 9, 2011

TAIPEI -- Computer networks of the Diet and Japan's largest defense 
contractor have been attacked by alleged Chinese hackers, but Japan is 
not the only target in the region.

Taiwan has long been a key target of such attacks, especially from 
China. The attacks began in 1999 after then President Lee Teng-hui upset 
Beijing by saying negotiations between the two sides should be conducted 
on a "special state-to-state" basis.

Since then Chinese hackers claimed to have launched more than 100,000 
attacks on Taiwanese government websites.

These claims could not be confirmed until 2001 when evidence surfaced 
that attacks on Taiwanese websites originated in China.

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