http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200602/200602030008.html The Chosun Ilbo Feb. 3, 2006 There is no failsafe solution in sight for massive attacks from Chinese hackers who steal the sign-in names and passwords of Korean gamers. More and more websites have become infection points for Trojan viruses that leak usersĄŻ personal information since last May, when the MSN Korea website was first infected with the malicious code. IT security firm Geot says about 2,000 websites fell victim to Chinese hackers from November of last year through last month. Of the sites used to spread Trojan-style viruses, 70 percent were Korean and the rest Chinese. Geot presumes the Chinese sites are permanent hosts where the spy codes are permitted to incubate unhindered by security updates. The character of the victim sites is also changing rapidly. Once limited to game portals and media or cable TV homepages, they now include public services including two public broadcasters, two local governments, one office of education and a number of university websites. More than 100 websites including terrestrial broadcasters and sports papers unwittingly inflicted multiple damage because they reacted too late or not at all. The type of information being targeted is changing too, from access details for well-known online games to user information of game item market sites. Experts are worried that the hackersĄŻ range could soon extend to more vital areas such as online banking. The government announced an anti-hacking program for online games as the damage spread, but critics say it fails to get to the core of the problem. To tackle the threat at its root, the government should legalize item exchange so that secure sites can be built and protected by law, they say. _________________________________ InfoSec News v2.0 - Coming Soon! http://www.infosecnews.org
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