Technology Bellringer

Hackers Find China Is Land of Opportunity

An official at a state-owned company boasted recently, and his crack staff will break into that person’s computer, download the contents of the hard drive, record the keystrokes and monitor cellphone communications, too. Whether it is used to break into private networks, track online dissent back to its source or steal trade secrets, hacking is openly discussed and even promoted at trade shows, inside university classrooms and on Internet forums.Self-trained, the hacker teamed up with China’s patriotic “red hackers” more than a decade ago. Then he began working for cyber-security companies and was recently making $100,000 a year.
Reed more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/world/asia/in-china-hacking-has-widespread-acceptance.html?ref=technology&_r=0