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Six Arrested Over Japanese Android Porn Virus

Posted by samzenpus on from the calling-dirty dept.

AZA43 writes "Tokyo police have arrested six men, including two IT executives and one former tech exec, in connection with an Android malware campaign that netted $265,000. The men created a piece of Android malware that they disguised as a video player and distributed through an adult website. The app stole personal information and attempted to extort money for data 'protection services.' The malware doesn't appear to be particularly sophisticated, but it convinced more than 200 horny Japanese dudes to shell out $1200 each. And the arrests are one of, if not the, first time a major police force brought down criminals who used Android malware to extort a significant chunk of cash."

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  1. Ahem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    convinced more than 200 horny Japanese dudes to shell out $1200 each

    Either A) Japanese women don't look at porn, or B) They were smart enough not to shell out $1200

    1. Re:Ahem by Nadaka · · Score: 5, Funny

      Either A) Japanese women don't look at porn, or B) They were smart enough not to shell out $1200

      Or C) They don't use Android.

      Japanese women ARE Android.

    2. Re:Ahem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Dermatologist here. Posting as AC via TOR for obvious reasons - if my fellow professionals found out I am breaking the code and talking about this, they would kill my family and make me watch. We are doing everything we can to stop this woman, but the truth she has uncovered is just too powerful. We're not doing this just to protect our profession, but because the first-world economy is dependent on our spending. If this gets out, and people stop going to dermatologists, it could mean the end of civilization as we know it. Damn that woman!

  2. Wait wait wait by davidbrit2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are we talking Android, the operating system, or android, the robot design concept? This is Japan we're talking about, so... you never know.

  3. Re:LOL by RivenAleem · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, Android was the subject of the porn. Those crazy Japs!

    (sorry)

  4. Re:But /. said Linux don't get malware? by TheCarp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux will get malware when? Ha, we have had malware for years, haven't you ever heard of emacs? It is a nearly fullly functional trojan OS disguised as a shitty text editor. This is nothing new for us.

    --
    "I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"
  5. Would A Porn Virus Be A Robotic STD? by Zamphatta · · Score: 1, Funny

    Get 'em labeled as robot sexual predators! Yeah. After all, they were arrested for spreading a robotic sexually transmitted disease, right?