5 Secrets Anonymous Should Steal From China - By Adam Segal

2.The Ministry of Defense

After announcing an 11 percent increase in defense spending this year, pushing the military budget over $100 billion, Chinese officials and defense analysts moved quickly to reassure the world that the spending was "reasonable" and in "accordance with Chinese economic development."

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, however, estimates that China's real defense spending is as much as 50 percent higher since the official number does not include the space program and foreign weapons purchases.

The higher the number, the greater the diplomatic challenge China faces in convincing its neighbors that its long-term intentions are peaceful. The Central Military Commission lacks a public website, and the site of the Ministry of Defense, an outward-facing portal probably not connected to sensitive military networks, is unlikely to provide any real nuggets. Anonymous may be able to piece together some figures by going after defense universities, military academies, research institutes and universities tied to the space program, and domestic and Russian arms dealers.

3. Xinhua  

Over the last decade, China has witnessed an almost predictable cycle of crisis, cover-up, exposure, and eventually limited, but government approved, discussion of the event. SARS, Tibetan riots, and the crash of a high-speed train provoked a knee-jerk effort to control information followed by a relatively greater degree of transparency. Reporters from Xinhua, China's official press agency, play two roles in covering events like these: They package the approved story for public consumption and send detailed investigative reports to high-level officials about what actually happened.

Like everyone else with an email inbox, these journalists are susceptible to spear-phishing attacks. Using information gathered on Weibo and other social media accounts, Anonymous could spoof emails with infected attachments or links to malware, like those that were sent to pro-Tibet activists. With access to everything on the journalists' computers, they could release emails revealing clearer pictures of government cover-up and corruption.