Lu Wei, Chinese Minister of Cyberspace has declared that China is the world’s largest victim of hacking attacks. Only in the past month, the number of Chinese websites hacked amounts to over 10.000, especially governmental-linked websites and the attacks have been tracked down to come from USA. On the other side of the ocean, US authorities deny these accusations and claim the opposite. US networks suffer from internet espionage and attacks originated from Chinese hackers, many of whom have strong relationship with the government. To smooth the relationship between the two countries, Mr Lu Wei counts on showcasing the last 20 years of Chinese internet development in a world conference that will be held late this month at Wuzhen. This global summit will see the participation of Chinese government leading figures, popular Chinese IT company chairmen - such as Baidu’s, Alibaba’s and Tencent’s - as well as many US representatives. Interviewed about censorship allegations, the Chinese Minister of Cyberspace didn’t confirm the practice and elude the answer by stating that he is not aware of US blocked networks and that Chinese government priority is obviously to protect and foster its domestic market. The gLAWcal Team LIBEAC project Tuesday, 4 November 2014 (Source: Financial Times)