According to a report from local news sources on Saturday, 16 police detained in Tiananmen (16) arrested 16 suspects who have earned 5 million yuan (about $ 800,000) by hacking into more than 100,000 PCs at net shops across 30 Chinese cities from last July =)))))))))))
The report said hackers had developed a specialized malware exploiting the infected device to dig into Siacoin (SC).
They then "advertised" their products to computer maintenance companies who helped spread the malware to cyber cafes where they had periodic contract inspections.
The proceeds from the digging and selling of SiaCoin will then be divided equally between the hackers and their counterparts.
The incident was discovered in 07/2017 when the restaurant owner in Thuy An turn to see his computer becomes extremely slow - the CPU performance is only 70% even when restarting.
Coincidentally, that was also the time when Siacoin suddenly surged 400% from $ 0.002 in May to $ 0.01 in July, according to data from CoinMarketCap.
At the same time, the net electricity bills increased significantly. Because of the above reasons, they must report to the police and ask for an investigation
As most of the Thuy An internet cafés have the same computer maintenance company (not disclosed by the authorities), the police arrested the company's director in August, who claimed receive all.
The article also adds that the investigation continues with the malware being transmitted to more than 30 cities in China with the collusion of more than 100 computer companies.
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