Tag Archive 'Extortion'

Apr 26 2009

PRC Hacker Street Tax

Published by under China internet,Hacking for money

Some Chinese hackers have been arrested for performing DDoS extortion attacks.  The hackers launched a successful denial of service attack on a well-known website and then send an SMS text message asking for 30,000RMB (about 4,400 USD).  At least one of the hackers was arrested on April 7th in Changsha City, Hunan Province.

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