http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=62968&sid=18033254 By Timothy Chui The Standard March 13, 2008 The Beijing Olympics represents too good a target for hackers to pass up, according to the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau. Addressing the Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team Conference yesterday, assistant government chief information officer of infrastructure and security John Wong Shak-chuen said the Games, as well as key elections in some parts of the world later this year, were being targeted by politically motivated hackers. "These events frequently attract a counter culture who wish to gain visibility for a cause by blocking major events, thereby creating major embarrassment," Wong said. In preparation for the Olympics, the emergency response team conducted a drill last year simulating a cyber attack to gauge coordination among law enforcers and to study how to reduce the impact of possible cyber attacks during the Games. A Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games official last year suggested hacking was a potential threat to the Games. As the image of a money-motivated hacker replaces that of the budding delinquent computer science teenager, local and international information security experts agree that safe havens for criminally controlled servers remain one of the biggest hurdles in tackling internet crime. A senior source at the conference, who wished to remain anonymous, said most safe haven states were in eastern Europe where highly qualified and illegitimately employed hackers practiced their trade with little threat from law enforcers. ___________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isn
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