China's computers at hacking risk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8094026.stm
Every PC in China could be at risk of being taken over by malicious hackers because of flaws in compulsory government software.
... "We found a series of software flaws," explained Isaac Mao, a blogger and social entrepreneur in China, as well as a research fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. For example, he said, tests had shown that communications between the software and the servers at the company that developed the program were unencrypted. Mr Mao told BBC News that this could allow hackers to "steal people's private information" or "place malicious script" on computers in the network to "affect [a] large scale disaster." ...
... One blogger posted a screenshot of the software purportedly blocking an attempt to visit a porn site using Microsoft's Internet Explorer. But, he said, there was no problem accessing the site using the Firefox web browser. Others have reported that the system only runs on Microsoft Windows, allowing Mac and Linux users to bypass the software. ...