CNN is reporting on a secret meeting with three Chinese hackers operating from a bare apartment on a Chinese island—from the report: "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." According to the leader of the group (nicknamed Xiao Chen), "no website is one hundred percent safe. There are Web sites with high-level security, but there is always a weakness."

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