Thanks to ah meltz for notifying us on the Panda praying
virus.
Now China has detained 6 of them in connection with this
virus.
China has detained six men in their 20s for writing or profiting
from a computer virus dubbed the "joss stick burning panda" which
has infected more than a million PCs in the country, local media
said Wednesday.
The worm wreaked havoc among individual and corporate users in
China in a late-2006 outbreak, deleting files, damaging programs
and attacking Web portals.
It got its name from changing icons on desktops into cute cartoon
pandas, the most famous of which holds three burning joss sticks in
his paws.
Chinese media have said the worm was able to steal account names of
those playing online games and sending instant messages. Such
account names are hotly traded with real money in China's
cyberspace.
Police held Li Jun, 25, a native of Wuhan city in central China,
who wrote the virus in October and had earned more than 100,000
yuan ($12,890) by selling it to about 120 people, the Beijing News
said.
The other five, from three different provinces, were detained for
updating and spreading the virus or for profiting from the stolen
account names, the Beijing News said.
"It is the first time our country has cracked a major computer
virus case," it added.
China's booming Internet is filled with technology-savvy
youngsters, but problems such as hacking, virtual-property theft
and addiction to online games are on the rise.
This is according to CNET. Over at China, however, 8 has been
reported to been caught. Don't know whose news is wrong...
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=306217
