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Cn: Two hackers get arrested five days after their release for making $300,000 illegal profits

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Dissent

Global Times reports:

Two hackers in Tongling, East China’s Anhui Province, were arrested by local police after they had been released from prison for only five days and made 2 million yuan($300,000) in illegal profits.

The local police had lately discovered that the backend data of a company in its jurisdiction had been hacked, and the amount involved was huge. Police later arrested the two suspects and learned they had met in prison and shared a passion for internet technology.

Read more at Global Times.


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