******s are having a field day on China’s wild web
The typical image of Chinese ******s is of operatives working for or with the tacit approval of the government, targeting valuable or sensitive data at foreign companies or government agencies.*
While there are plenty of those, many in China—like ******s elsewhere—also target the laptop of their ex-boss or the smartphone of the guy in front of them at the coffee shop.
China’s criminal hacking community numbers at least 400,000 and sucks 100 billion yuan ($15 billion) out of the country’s eco**my each year, according to Zheng Bu, an angel investor and former executive at cybersecurity company FireEye.* Read more...