China is churning out malware
Everything now-a-days seems to be “Made in China” from toys and LED displays, to shoes and knock off designer handbags, to ink cartridges and electric smart cars. However, the latest product being heavily developed in China is malware. Unemployed techies are making a few extra yuan on the side working in cyber crime.
Large, name brand technology companies operating in China, such as Intel and Motorola have laid off folks in their Asian locations, as well as in the U.S. What does an ex-IT employee do? Find bugs, then sell them to the underground market.
With an estimated 250 million users on the mainland, Chinese hackers don’t have to go far a field to mess with people’s computers. Same song, new lyrics.
