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Do you support WikiLeaks? Are you angry at critics trying to suppress it? Maybe you're considering joining online protests to shut down the websites of its opponents. Don't. A group of vigilantes named Anonymous has turned their Operation Payback campaign, previously targeting antipiracy organizations, on PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, Senator Joe Lieberman, Sarah Palin, and others who have criticized WikiLeaks or stopped doing business with the document-sharing project. The fallout from WikiLeaks has reached a fever pitch since the site began releasing diplomatic cables last month, causing embarrassment for U.S. diplomatic efforts. Launching denial-of-service (DOS) attacks against target websites to send a message and disrupt their operations is the modern-day equivalent of walking the picket line with a sign. However, the electronic version is illegal. "Participating in a botnet with the intention of shutting down a website violates the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act," ...

China is taking decisive action against computer hacking with a new law set to govern the sentencing of hackers and other internet offenders. This initiative, announced by the Ministry of Public Security, aims to enhance cybersecurity in response to the growing threat of cybercrime. Lawmakers are currently working on judicial interpretations of these new regulations. Gu Jian, deputy director of the Ministry's Network Security Protection Bureau, stated that these rules are expected to be released by the end of the year. This development represents China's latest effort to strengthen security against cybercrime. Since 2004, more than 1.64 million online offenses have been reported to China's Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center. Although 80% of these cases involve online pornography and scams, hacking incidents are on the rise. Gu noted that eight out of ten computers with internet access in China are now suffering from "botnet attacks." In these attacks...

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