The number of hacker attacks and sabotage activities in China are still high. There has been an 80 percent increase in the number of computer hacking cases handled by the police in China each year since 2006. Hacking attacks and the destruction they cause are rapidly increasing.
Ministry figures released on Wednesday show that police solved 180 online hacking cases by the end of November, detained 460 suspects and closed 14 websites that provided hacking software or training. An announcement published on the website of China's Ministry of Public Security discussed only hacking that originated in China and targeted Chinese victims—it didn't address accusations from abroad that government-backed hackers from China have attacked websites and networks of foreign companies and governments.
Hackers make money largely by producing and distributing viruses to steal online bank and game accounts. Internet crime has become organized according to chains of interest, with different groups assuming responsibility for different tasks, including producing and selling hacking software, launching attacks, stealing account details and selling them on to others.
Still, it reinforced Chinese government concern over what experts say is rapid growth in hacking activity in China—and underscored authorities' claim that entities and individuals in China itself are major victims of such activity.
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