Chinese Hacking Despite strict laws against hacking, Chinese hackers are being urged to target US systems in retaliation for the recent mid-air collision, and Vigilinx CEO Bruce Murphy believes the Adore worm was written in retribution for the incident. In 1999, Chinese hackers attacked a number of US government systems in retaliation for the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. A security consultant recently discovered that a Chinese hacker authored the Lion worm. The Chinese government requires anti-virus vendors to provide complete virus code samples if they want to do business in China, leading some security experts to question their motives. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,42982,00.html -- -- ----/ / _ Fred A. Miller ---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Systems Administrator --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Cornell Univ. Press Services -/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ fm@cupserv.org