China Jails Trojan Virus Authors in Cybercrime Crackdown

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

http://www.cio.com/article/511163/China_Jails_Trojan_Virus_Authors_in_Cybercrime_Crackdown

A Chinese court Wednesday sentenced 11 members of a malware ring for 
writing and distributing Trojan horse viruses meant to steal online game 
account passwords, according to state media.

The people, who stole login information for more than 5 million game 
accounts, were given prison sentences of up to three years and were 
fined a total of 830,000 Chinese yuan (US$120,000), China's Xinhua news 
agency said. Dozens of other members of the ring, which is suspected of 
30 million yuan ($4.4 million) in crime, are expected to be sentenced 
soon, Xinhua said.

Reports of arrests and court sentences for cybercriminals have become 
increasingly common in China after the country has strengthened its laws 
governing the activity. The government action has come in response to 
increasing signs of organization among cybercriminals, including 
division of the labor needed to design, distribute and profit from 
information-stealing malware.




-- 
Gadi Evron,
ge () linuxbox org.

Blog: http://gevron.livejournal.com/
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