Biting the hand that feeds IT
Biting the hand that feeds IT
|
|
Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/25/fujacks_sentencing/
China has jailed four men convicted of involvement in a malware-fuelled scam that led to the infection of hundreds of thousands of Windows PCs across the country.
The Fujacks worm (http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/w32fujacksi.html) converted icons of infected programs into a picture of a panda burning joss sticks, while surreptitiously stealing the user names and passwords of online games players. The worm infected an estimated one million Windows PCs in China, the worst ever outbreak.
Twenty-five-year-old Li Jun, who confessed to creating the malware and selling it on to 12 cohorts for around 100,000 yuan ($12,500), was sentenced to four years' imprisonment. Li's alleged clients turned co-accused allegedly made their money back and more by selling black market access to online games.
Wang Lei, Zhang Shun, and Lei Lei were jailed for between one year and two and a half years for their part in the scam at a sentencing hearing before the people's court in Xiantao, Hubei Province.
The case is a rare example of a cybercrime prosecution in China. ®
Malware still malingering for up-to-date anti-virus users (11 April 2008)
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/04/11/panda_infected_or_not/
Mexico and Africa to become malware hotspots (18 January 2008)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/18/future_cybercrime_hotspots/
Online crime gangs embrace open source ethos (17 January 2008)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/17/globalization_of_crimeware/
MI5 warns over China hacking menace (3 December 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/03/mi5_warns_over_chinese_hack_attacks/
Mind the Gap Saturday: Forums East and West (24 November 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/24/mind_the_gap_saturday_part_two/
Two US computer engineers charged with espionage (27 September 2007)
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/09/27/computer_engineers_espionage_chinese_military/
Jailed worm author offered job by victim (27 September 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/27/panda_vxer_job/
France blames China for hack attacks (12 September 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/12/french_cyberattacks/
Trojans besiege online gamers (11 September 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/11/online_games_hacking_trends/
China charges four over Panda worm (22 August 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/22/panda_worm_suspects_charged/
Eight nabbed in China for Panda worm (13 February 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/13/panda_worm_arrest/
Warcraft gamers locked out after Trojan attack (29 September 2006)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/29/warcraft_trojan_attack/
Worm snaffles online gamers' passwords (24 August 2005)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/24/fantasy_role_play_worm/
© Copyright 2008
