http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=9724 Shanghai. February 7, 2006 INTERFAX-CHINA The official website of the Chengdu Agricultural Committee, a government body that oversees agricultural production in the southwestern Chinese city, was hacked on Monday and has been inaccessible up to now, a government official told Interfax Tuesday. "We have not found out who did this but we are restoring the website, which will be up and running again within one or two days," an official surnamed Wu said. Wu is the director of the Chengdu Agricultural Committee's Network Administration Department. The government website, www.cdagri.gov.cn, was attacked Monday morning and the homepage was replaced with a black page saying that the website was "rubbish." The hacker also claimed to be from China Eagle Union, a Chinese hacker organization, local newspaper Tianfu Morning News (Tianfu Zaobao), reported. However, as the investigation is still in progress, the real identity and purpose of the hacker remain a mystery. "It is definitely impossible for us to do this, because hacking into government websites is illegal," Luo Yuwei, an official with the China Eagle Union, told Interfax. China Eagle Union is a domestic non-profit organization that has been involved in hacker wars against Japanese and American counterparts. The Chengdu Agricultural Committee, meanwhile, is planning to improve its network security after the accident. "We will upgrade our website this year," Wu said. -KW _________________________________ InfoSec News v2.0 - Coming Soon! http://www.infosecnews.org
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