The Dark Visitor

Used this chart was from IT Rising’s 2007 report on the computer virus epidemic:

To create this crappier but English version of the chart:

I’ve written before about the entrepreneurial nature of Chinese hackers but not sure if it is enough to make the point. This is a big industry with big profits and the money is not just made from illegal activities; they have created a market for anything dealing with Chinese hacker culture.

Just to give you a better example of what I am talking about, I have created a collage of the monthly magazine Hacker Handbook published by nohack.cn.  Remember, this is just one hacker website and there are hundreds of them.

Nohack’s entire collection of hacker magazines is available for sale at Taobao.