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China: Police shut down hacking school

10 February, 2010 - 06:06

As the Google hacking incident is turning into an international scandal, the China Daily News released the news that Chinese police had cracked down the country's largest hacking school in Hubei back in November 2009. The report seems to suggest that hacking is a private business and has nothing to do with the government.

According to a Hubei local news (via Hong Kong Mingpao Daily), the hacking school, “Black Hawk Safety Net” has over 180,000 members. The Hubei Police said that back in 2007 they received complaint from internet cafe that their computers were hacked and the hackers blackmail the cafe owner for 8000 yuan (equivalent to USD1000). The three hackers involved came from the “Black Hawk” School and they were arrested in April 2008. Last year, the police arrested two key managers of the school.

The China Daily News also explains that:

Hubei province named Black Hawk Safety Net as the largest hacker training site in China, which openly[...]

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