The Boston Globe, May 22, 2005
In the fortified control room of a major Internet security firm, a beleaguered team of specialists slouched behind glowing computer screens, tracking overseas hackers through billions of lines of data.
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Over the past several months, a series of attacks believed to have originated in China and South Korea have hit dozens of key public and private websites hosted in Japan in what authorities describe as the heaviest assault ever perpetrated on the nation's computer systems from overseas.
Although the violent street protests in Beijing and Shanghai in recent weeks are the most visible face of resurgent anti-Japanese sentiments in the region, quieter Internet-based hostilities remain a source of national concern.
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In the most recent incident, a coordinated attack was staged May 1 on the website of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing.
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Looks more like bored Chinese script kiddies than anything else...
