China: 8 Arrests in Computer Virus Case
Dao Caoren writes on China Daily:
Police yesterday arrested eight suspects involved in producing and disseminating a severe computer virus, according to Xinhua News Agency.More here.
Police said it was the first case related to the spreading of computer viruses in China.
Li Jun, a 25-year-old hacker from Wuhan, in Central China's Hubei Province, is accused of creating Xiongmao Shaoxiang (Panda burns joss-sticks), a worm that has hit millions of computers in the country since November 2006.
Li told police he programmed the virus on October 16, 2006, and made more than 100,000 yuan ($13,000) selling it to over 120 people via the Internet both himself and through agents.
The man has also created three other viruses, all of which have wrecked havoc on China's Internet communities.
Trend Micro (disclaimer: my employer) has a description of one of the viruses (Worm_Viking) here.
Also, the McAfee AVERT Labs Blog also has an item about this story here.
posted by Fergie @ 2/12/2007 06:15:00 PM
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