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A Look Into the Chinese Hacker Underworld
beachels416 writes "The NY Times gained access to a Chinese hacker-for-profit, referred to as 'Majia,' and observed him during one of his nightly 'sessions.' From the article: 'Oddly, Majia said his parents did not know that he was hacking at night [hacking is illegal in China]. But at one point, he explained the intricacies of computer hacking and stealing data while his mother stood nearby, listening silently, while offering a guest oranges and candy.' At another point Majia spoke about the recent Google attacks, and claimed to have particular knowledge of the exact vector used. Nothing too new, but an interesting read nevertheless."
That article certainly puts a new slant on things.
Thanks to the War on Drugs, it's easier to buy meth than it is to buy cold medicine!
That should be "Never"...damn dworak fingers
What this world is coming to - is for you and me to decide.
and that should be "Dvorak"... damn autism...
What this world is coming to - is for you and me to decide.
Ooh, you forgot the part where he says he...WRITES CODE! Riveting stuff, really.
Don't believe anything I say. I crash test crack pipes for a living.
I'm an autistic that speaks fluent typoese, you insensitive clod!
Look, its a simple process of elimination. First we coordinate the offender using black-ops satellites circling above the Himalaya. Once the hacker is pin-pointed in his bunker we upload a 'spike' directly to his IP address, which is gained by triangulating his cell phone signature via wi-fi antennas of surrounding Starbucks coffee shops. The 'spike' will immediately disrupt use of his cerebral cortex, thus rendering said malicious and poorly misguided comrade into a defenseless and innocuous teddy bear.
Wow it took long enough for the pedant brigade to come along and whine about how the term hacker has been co-opted from him and his fellow neckbeards.
Sure, please enter your Credit or Debit card info along with Name, Address ... Allow six weeks for delivery.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Or is China obsessed with kdawson? We can never know.
His C# book on his desk that is.
Come on, everyone knows the Great Firewall of China is only in place to filter out kdawson posts.
The reality is that tons of hacking is done explicitly FOR bragging rights. That doesn't make it any less "real" than hacking done for monetary gain, or any other purpose.
No, but it makes you stupid.
A good education is a bit like a STD - it makes you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and gives you a desire to spread it.
Sexlexia actually.