China's state-run Xinhua news agency was recently found to be distributing malware.

"The 'news center' section of the Xinhua's Web site, which displays a feed of the agency's stories, was found to have one scripting exploit and one Trojan on it during a scan, according to a Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page," writes Computerworld's Owen Fletcher.

"Various factors can cause a Web site to distribute malware, including third-party attackers who add malicious code to a site without permission," Fletcher writes. "Hackers tampered with nearly 2,800 Chinese government Web sites last year, according to a government watchdog."

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