Malware Broker Behind US Hacks is Now Teaching Computer Skills in China (reuters.com) 12
A Chinese malware broker who was sentenced in the United States this year for dealing in malicious software linked to major hacks is back at his old workplace: teaching high-school computer courses, including one on internet security. From a report: Yu Pingan, who spent 18 months in a San Diego federal detention center, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer hacking. A high school instructor, he had been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport in August 2017 upon arriving with a group of teachers to observe a U.S. university. A Reuters reporter found him teaching at his old school here last month. Yu was sentenced by a federal judge in February to time served and allowed to return to China. The victims of the hacking conspiracy included microchip supplier Qualcomm, aerospace and defense firm Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Co, and gaming company Riot Games, according to the judgment. Exactly what was stolen in the computer breaches wasn't disclosed in public court filings.
Information (Score:2)
Information, knowledge, and skills are more valuable than any individul weapon.
You know the old saw about teaching a bloke to fish.
(I prefer the other version, the one where you build a fire and it keeps them warm a day, but you set them on fire and they're warm the rest of their lives.)
Is it this one: (Score:2)
If you teach a bloke to fish, he'll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.
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At least he is doing something useful now.
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"U.S. federal detention center"has got to be impressive on his CV.
It's probably a contract position. Traditional employers would consider him a job-hopper after only being there 18 months.