Monday, February 8, 2010

China Heralds Bust of Major Hacker Ring

People use computers at an internet cafe in Wuhan, Hubei province, January 23, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Stringer

From Wall Street Journal:

SHANGHAI—China heralded a major bust of computer hackers to underscore its pledge to help enhance global online security, with state media saying officials had shut what they called the country's largest distributor of tools used in malicious Internet attacks.

Three people were arrested on suspicion of making hacking tools available online, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Monday. Their business, known as Black Hawk Safety Net, operated through the now-shuttered Web site 3800cc.com and generated around $1 million in income from its over 12,000 subscribers, the report said.

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