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January 14, 1999 (BEIJING) -- Computer crimes are on the rise in China
and pose a grave threat to national security, according to a recent
report.
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Such crimes include stealing confidential technological and economic
information, spreading pornography on the Web and hacking into public
networks,
According to the Beijing-based "Outlook Weekly," although accurate figures
for computer crimes are not yet available, it is clear that the number
is on the rise.
It claimed that the illegal activities have severely damaged the country's
banking network, noting that the most harmful computer crime in recent
years cost RMB21 million (US$2.5 million), and more than 180 cases related
to computer crimes have been handled so far.
The Ministry of Public Security found the situation alarming after examining
the computer security system network in the country's banking, government
and public networks in 1996.
Measures to prevent outside attacks are absent in most of the computers
serving in the country's securities exchanges, according to the report.
So far, China has no specific law combating computer crime, though the
revised Criminal Law, coming into effect in October 1997, contains articles
concerning computer crimes.
(Xinhua News Agency)
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