China has arrested 460 computer hackers this year and closed a number of hacker-training websites, but warned that the chances of further cyber-attacks remain "very grim".
The announcement on the arrests of hackers only discussed the domestic Chinese situation and not attacks on international targets.
It said the authorities had arrested 460 hackers, solved 180 cases of computer crimes, and shut down 14 websites providing hacking software or training. It did not name any specific cases.
Earlier this year, however, China said it had shut down a website selling "tools" for hackers, which they said was generating around £650,000 a year in revenues from 12,000 subscribers.
The statement said Chinese hackers were seeking "private gain" from their actions, such as draining bank accounts. It said reports of hacking incidents to the authorities had risen by 80 per cent a year "in recent years".
China has a huge network of hackers, known in Chinese as "heike" or "black guests", and experts believe a significant proportion of them are trained by the government-affiliated bodies.
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