USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
    China
    Home / China / Prime 已作廢 不再更新

    Major hacking syndicate cracked, police say

    By Xu Jingxi in Jieyang, Guangdong, and Zhang Yan in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2012-07-26 08:00

    Major hacking syndicate cracked, police say

    Luo Pangjie, who played a part in an online hacking gang, is interviewed by reporters at a detention house in Jieyang city, Guangdong province, on Friday. Zou Zhongpin / China Daily

    Police in South China have detained a gang of hackers they believe are responsible for attacks on 185 government websites.

    Police in Jieyang, Guangdong province, said the case is the biggest of its kind in recent years.

    Suspects are accused of invading sites managed by authorities in 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions to help them to make and sell fake professional certificates.

    "The gang tampered with official databases or added links to external databases so that if anyone checked up on the fake certificates, the client's name would appear," Chen Xiaoping, head of Jieyang police's cybercrime unit, said at a news conference.

    "This caused great damage to the image of the government. Cracking the case has helped restore their reputation," said Xie Yaoqi, director of the public security bureau in Jieyang.

    The city's office of personnel and examinations reported an attack on its website on Dec 8, after finding a link had been illegally added.

    This led police to seven suspects selling fake certificates in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, and in Guangdong's Heyuan. This in turn led to the discovery of a network of connected hackers, certificate forgers, advertisers and personal data collectors scattered across at least 12 provinces.

    As of July 12, police had arrested 165 people, confiscated more than 7,100 fake certificates and at least 10,000 fake seals, and are still hunting for more members of the gang.

    The fake certificates were sold at between 4,000 and 10,000 yuan ($626 and $1,565), police said. The profits generated surpassed 300 million yuan.

    Chen said 14 principal suspects were under the age of 30.

    "They have a strong idea on how not to get caught," he said. "They used overseas servers and bank accounts of strangers, whose details were bought online."

    One of the suspects, Luo Pangjie, who has admitted being a part of the gang, said he had been earning 3,000 to 5,000 yuan a month for transferring personal data to hackers since mid-2010 but he claimed he had no idea it was being used to sell fake professional certificates.

    "It was easy money," the 24-year-old from the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region said during an interview with reporters at a detention house.

    Xu Haibin from the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, who at 18 is the youngest suspect, admitted hacking government websites for 300 to 1,200 yuan a time, according to police.

    Chen said hackers in the past attacked government websites to show off their skills but now do it to make money.

    Cracking down cybercrime calls for efforts from not only the police, according to Xu Jianzhuo in the Ministry of Public Security's network security bureau.

    "We need stricter supervision," he said. "We need laws and regulations to strengthen the obligations of Internet service providers to verify users' information.

    "It's difficult to collect evidence for cybercrimes." Xu said real-name registration has not been genuinely put into practice. A user can still get registered with a fake name and someone else's ID number. The online service provider will not verify the name and the number.

    While websites in Europe and the United States are required to maintain records of visits for 12 months, websites in China are only required to maintain records for 60 days, Xu said.

    The large-scale hacking of government websites has also exposed the huge market for fake certificates in China. Jieyang police claimed that more than 30,000 people bought fake qualifications made by the gang, which specialized in certificates including medical care, financial services and architecture.

    Contact the writers at xujingxi@chinadaily.com.cn and zhangyan1@chinadaily.com.cn.

    Editor's picks
    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
    精品无码国产自产拍在线观看| 在线综合亚洲中文精品| 亚洲一级特黄无码片| 国产台湾无码AV片在线观看| 亚洲AV无码资源在线观看| 久久亚洲精品无码VA大香大香| 中文无码vs无码人妻 | 中文字幕乱码人妻一区二区三区| 亚洲AV无码乱码国产麻豆穿越| 国产一区三区二区中文在线| 中文字字幕在线一本通| 丰满熟妇乱又伦在线无码视频| 无码丰满熟妇juliaann与黑人| 久久久久久久人妻无码中文字幕爆| 成 人无码在线视频高清不卡 | 国产成人无码AⅤ片在线观看| 美丽姑娘免费观看在线观看中文版 | 无码精品久久久天天影视| 中文字幕国产| 中文字幕日本高清| 中文字幕AV中文字无码亚| 亚洲国产精品成人AV无码久久综合影院 | 日韩中文字幕在线播放| 99国产精品无码| 日韩免费无码视频一区二区三区| 国产成人无码区免费内射一片色欲| 天堂网在线最新版www中文网| 久久久久无码专区亚洲av| 18禁无遮拦无码国产在线播放 | 亚洲中文字幕无码久久2020| 色综合久久中文字幕综合网| 91中文在线观看| 日韩在线中文字幕制服丝袜| 精品久久久无码中文字幕| 免费精品久久久久久中文字幕| 天堂中文字幕在线| 亚洲JIZZJIZZ中国少妇中文| 日韩区欧美区中文字幕| 精品人妻无码区在线视频| 亚洲精品无码不卡在线播放HE| 无码人妻品一区二区三区精99|