Story Highlights:
* Chinese hackers claim to have broken into Pentagon’s system
* The hackers met with CNN on an island near a Chinese naval hub
* Hackers say Beijing secretly pays them at times, something the government denies
* Official: “The Chinese government does not do such a thing”
The story –
They operate from a bare apartment on a Chinese island. They are intelligent 20-somethings who seem harmless. But they are hard-core hackers who claim to have gained access to the world’s most sensitive sites, including the Pentagon.
In fact, they say they are sometimes paid secretly by the Chinese government — a claim the Beijing government denies.
“No Web site is one hundred percent safe. There are Web sites with high-level security, but there is always a weakness,” says Xiao Chen, the leader of this group.
Bernd Pulch 