As different government organizations embrace and adapt the digital days by utilizing online services and advantages, the security of these site are revealing to be subpar - leaving these sites at high risk for certain cyber security breaches and attacks.

A survey issued by the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center has discovered that approximately 1,400 of the estimated 2700 government websites contained multiple security breach susceptibilities.

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The survey also uncovered the fact that many of these government websites are inadequately coded, which creates 'loopholes' that ultimately leaves these sites vulnerable to compromise.

Multiple websites are not only a risk to the organization that run them, but are also a risk to the people who access them.

In most cases these supposed highly guarded websites show no evidence of any anti-virus software - not even any basic firewall protection measures.

Recent reports from China Youth Daily say, "Hacking attacks on Chinese government are inevitably on the rise."

The NCVERC states the government websites are highly vulnerable to Trojan horses, phishing plugins, and theft of user information and have been seeing rising evidence of such in the last six months.

Hackers have been showing a flurry of action toward the sites by successfully paralyzing them, or even altering the websites to display different information, and even posting meticulous advertisements.

For example, a government website was recently seized and altered so that users were automatically redirected to an XXX adult website.

But why is there such void in strict security measures for these government websites?

It is certainly not due to inadequate computer code writers or computer software 'virtuosos'.

Recently, it has been found that a yearlong investigation relinquished proof of the Chinese military hacking American Government files from the highly encrypted Pentagon - one of the most heavily guarded and encrypted sites in the cyber world.

Investigators say, "China's military was able to steal emails, documents, user accounts and computer codes. They said it compromised systems aboard a commercial ship contracted by Transcom for logistics routes, and hacked into an airline the US military used."

One would think with these types of information seeking capabilities, the Chinese government would put forth the same parameters of protecting their own valuable information.

Despite the daunting task of setting security parameters on over 1,370 websites, which some say to be nearly impossible, Chinese government officials say that they will be working to revamp their security systems and firewalls.

However, it is unsure when this project will start or how long it will take until these websites are completely secured.

In the mean time, we can be sure that hackers will continue to prey on these vulnerabilities and remain relentless in their attacks against the unsecure sites.

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