Govt websites coming under constant attack: Experts

A green diagram moves across the computer screen until a short message pops up in red like an alarm.

"The scan shows some websites are being hacked at this very moment," said Professor Fang Binxing, a cyber security scientist, as he punched the URL of a government-run Web domain into his Internet browser.

The hacked website that appeared on screen is the State-owned asset administration of Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province. Hackers have planted a black-colored page above the official website and left a set of randomly selected English capitalized letters as their only trace.