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Very large companies remain the main target for hackers and 20 percent detect hundreds of significant attempts to break into their network every day.

This new threat shows that no system is impenetrable to hackers and users have to be extra careful as to what they download off the Internet, no matter what their computer operating system.

According to experts at Sophos, the affected websites contain many posts that attempt to entice readers to various child pornography sites. The majority of the pages are on legitimate websites and one is even on a website designed for children. The posts are all found on message boards within these websites. All contain offensive words and hidden links to the pornography sites.

The incident occurred on the evening of May 1, when the broadcast of a popular singing contest on Guangzhou Satellite Cable Television was blacked out for up to 90 minutes, the Southern Metropolitan Daily reported.

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