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February 14th, 2012, 16:41 GMT · By Eduard Kovacs

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Chinese Government Trade Site Hacked by Anonymous

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More than 8,000 accounts were leaked from trade.gov.cn Enlarge picture - More than 8,000 accounts were leaked from trade.gov.cn
More than 8,000 usernames and password hashes were leaked by RevolutionSec from the official website of China’s Trade Administration (trade.gov.cn).

Cyberwarnews informs that the massive data leak was published on Pastebin in two parts, the hackers, part of Anonymous, claiming that the breach is part of OpChina, an operation launched to “bring down the great firewall of China.”

“If you liked the trade.gov.cn leak then stay tuned because there's more to come,” the hacker wrote on Twitter.

Speaking of China, a Chinese hacker collective known as Evil Shadow managed to gain access to servers of Microsoft’s official online store in India. We’ve contacted one of the group’s members and he agreed to take part in our Hackers around the world series, so stay tuned to learn about some interesting aspects from the Chinese hacking scene.
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Comment #1 by: RevolutionSecurity on 14 Feb 2012, 17:16 UTC reply to this comment

I believe revolution security said bring down the great firewall. The great firewall of china is what censors the people. So please change the quote as it is wrong. And if you still don't know what the great firewall of china is then please google it.

Comment #1.1 by: Eduard K on 15 Feb 2012, 11:09 GMT

Corrected!

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