{"id":280092,"date":"2024-05-03T04:13:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=331600"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:35:10","slug":"despite-their-fame-chinese-government-websites-are-very-easy-to-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/despite-their-fame-chinese-government-websites-are-very-easy-to-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite their fame, Chinese government websites are very easy to hack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bad configurations, insecure versions of jQuery, and poor quality cookies are some of the countless issues that independent researchers have found while checking the cybersecurity of government websites. Nothing is safe anymore, not even Apple itself<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Five Chinese researchers examined the configurations of nearly 14,000 government websites across the country and discovered concerning vulnerabilities<\/strong> that could lead to malicious attacks, according to a study not yet peer-reviewed published last week and that we have been able to read in The Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors, all of them from the Harbin Institute of Technology, describe the study<\/a> as an examination of “the security and dependency challenges that plague China’s government web infrastructure”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chinese government website security is often worryingly bad, say Chinese researchers https:\/\/t.co\/iF6OAyjpSL<\/a><\/p>— The Register (@TheRegister) May 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>