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Chinese hacker group known for hitting U.S. websites dissolves

From Japan Today:

A Chinese Internet hacker group claiming 80,000 members at its height has dissolved after four years, apparently because of declining interest and difficulties penetrating the U.S. websites that it specialized in attacking, media and observers said Tuesday.

• Posted by Xiao Qiang
• February 22, 2005 5:49 PM
• Category: Information Revolution, World
• Tags: hacker, hongke

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