China claims attacks against it by foreign entities has increased by 3.9 million attacks

A report by China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team and Coordination Center claimed that cyber attacks on the country from foreign hackers has surged in 2011, rising to 8.9 million computers affected from 5 million the previous year. 

It said Japan was the source of most attacks at 22.8 percent, followed closely by the United States, 20.4 percent, and the Republic of Korea, 7.1 percent.  The report also found that 11,851 Internet protocol addresses based overseas had controlled 10,593 Chinese websites last year.