Hackers Cash In On Chinese Gaming Craze

Author: Ryan Naraine

December 3, 2009 4:14 pm

The craze in online games among Chinese netizens is fuelling an increasingly lucrative real-world market for computer hackers, security firms have said. A report by state broadcaster CCTV said Trojan-horse attacks, which allow hackers remote access to a targeted computer system, make up a market expected to be worth 10 billion yuan (S$2 billion) this year. Read the full story [asiaonline.com]

The craze in online games among Chinese netizens is fuelling an increasingly lucrative real-world market for computer hackers, security firms have said. A report by state broadcaster CCTV said Trojan-horse attacks, which allow hackers remote access to a targeted computer system, make up a market expected to be worth 10 billion yuan (S$2 billion) this year. Read the full story [asiaonline.com]

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