Hacker held for leaking info on 6 million netizens
By Zhao Wen |
March 22, 2012, Thursday
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THE man suspected of hacking into China's largest website for programmers and leaking personal information about more than 6 million users last December has been detained on charges of illegal acquisition of computer data, Beijing News reported yesterday.
The suspect, surnamed Zeng, was nabbed in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on February 4 after Beijing police opened an investigation into the case on December 22, the paper said.
The leak, considered the biggest in China's Internet history, occurred on December 21 when personal information of over 6 million users of the China Software Developer Network was exposed on the Internet for free downloading.
Police said the leaked information contained user IDs, passwords and e-mail addresses in clear text. The leak had a rippling effect on other websites, including online shopping, gaming, social networking and even financial service websites.
Police noticed that most of the leaked data dated from July 2009 to July 2010, indicating the CSDN server was hacked before July 2010.
Zeng caught the police's attention because he claimed in an online post in September 2010 that he had gained command of the CSDN database and wanted to cooperate with the website, it was reported.
He admitted to hacking into the CSDN server in April 2010 through a system loophole and sneaking into an online recharge platform and a stock brokerage system.
During the investigation, police also uncovered four other hackers, the paper said.
The suspect, surnamed Zeng, was nabbed in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on February 4 after Beijing police opened an investigation into the case on December 22, the paper said.
The leak, considered the biggest in China's Internet history, occurred on December 21 when personal information of over 6 million users of the China Software Developer Network was exposed on the Internet for free downloading.
Police said the leaked information contained user IDs, passwords and e-mail addresses in clear text. The leak had a rippling effect on other websites, including online shopping, gaming, social networking and even financial service websites.
Police noticed that most of the leaked data dated from July 2009 to July 2010, indicating the CSDN server was hacked before July 2010.
Zeng caught the police's attention because he claimed in an online post in September 2010 that he had gained command of the CSDN database and wanted to cooperate with the website, it was reported.
He admitted to hacking into the CSDN server in April 2010 through a system loophole and sneaking into an online recharge platform and a stock brokerage system.
During the investigation, police also uncovered four other hackers, the paper said.
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