A Look Into the Chinese Hacker Underworld 198
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kdawson
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from the fun-and-profit dept.
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."
Well now... (Score:2, Funny)
That article certainly puts a new slant on things.
Re:Well now... (Score:2, Funny)
Indeed. Who knew they had oranges in China?
Re:A real hacker... (Score:4, Funny)
That should be "Never"...damn dworak fingers
Re:A real hacker... (Score:5, Funny)
and that should be "Dvorak"... damn autism...
Re:Lots of content (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A real hacker... (Score:2, Funny)
I'm an autistic that speaks fluent typoese, you insensitive clod!
How to deal with Chinese hackers (Score:3, Funny)
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.
Re:cracking is illegal in any civilized country (Score:0, Funny)
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.
Contact the Sales dept... (Score:5, Funny)
Sure, please enter your Credit or Debit card info along with Name, Address ... Allow six weeks for delivery.
Re:I can't help but ask (Score:3, Funny)
Or is China obsessed with kdawson? We can never know.
Re:Contact the Sales dept... (Score:3, Funny)
Pffft, like hackers know anything about "penetration". Fake!
Re:Contact the Sales dept... (Score:5, Funny)
Sure, please enter your Credit or Debit card info along with Name, Address ... Allow six weeks for delivery.
I did that. Not a very good book. "Chapter One: Social Engineering." is just six pages of "LOL!" repeated over and over.
Shocking! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Well now... (Score:5, Funny)
Indeed. Who knew they had oranges in China?
Panda Express.
Re:I can't help but ask (Score:3, Funny)
Come on, everyone knows the Great Firewall of China is only in place to filter out kdawson posts.
Re:How to deal with Chinese hackers (Score:2, Funny)
Did I fall asleep?
For a little while.
Re:A real hacker... (Score:4, Funny)
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.
Re:A real hacker... (Score:3, Funny)
Sexlexia actually.