An advisor to the Chinese government who proposed a nationwide ban of private Internet cafés provoked hackers into defacing the websites of her business.
Yan Ki, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), suggested the ban to in order to combat a host of social problems she blames on the cafés. Yan said that the Internet-enabled hangouts promoted truancy, videogame addiction and pornography, [URL=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7366883/Chinese-hackers-seek-revenge-over-internet-cafe-closures.html]reports The Telegraph[/URL].
Yan was quoted as saying:
[INDENT]Many serious problems are linked to internet cafés and businesspeople usually ignore their social responsibilities. Desperate diseases must have drastic cures, which is to ban them all.
[/INDENT]Yan, described as a “prominent business woman,” then saw the website for her chain of restaurants hacked, with links deleted and messages posted that mocked her perceived self-importance.
The CPCC is made up of 2,374 members and is described as “an advisory body.” The Telegraph wrote that Yan’s suggestions “stand no chance of being adopted.”
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