The Korean Chosun Ilbo reports that recent statistics from the Korea Information Security Agency (KISA) show a sudden increase in hacker attacks that originated in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The KISA report revealed that there were a total 10,628 hacking incidents originating from Mainland China in the first half this year, 30% more than for the same period last year and 17 times more than the previous total of Mainland China attacks. Attacks from Taiwan increased at the same rate while those from Hong Kong increased by nearly three times.

With rapid development of the Internet, the increasing popularity of networking resources like proxies, and the anonymity of networking, computer “geeks” no longer claim exclusive ownership of hacking activities. A normal home PC can be used to control remote terminals.

While it is not possible to say that a hacker with a Chinese IP address is, in fact, Chinese, KISA's statistics seem to indicate two possibilities: Chinese hacker activity has increased sharply or Chinese computer users’ security sense is poor.