Hacked in China (r)

[talbrecht@xxxxxxxxxxx]

thanks for the clarification- the connection to Burma was not clear in
the story- also I  was not aware that the two brothers were former
democratic  rebels and am surprised that were working in a bank (that
indicates some progress)- the story made it seem that they were just a
couple of enterprising  petty thieves - maybe  harsh punishment should
be reserved for the big time thieves such as speculators or hedgefund
operators who can destroy the economies of developing countries -
I agree the death penalty is too harsh - in fact US advocacy of human
rights is undercut by death penalty as US  being criticized by human
rights advocates  for still having death penalty - of course we still
have abortion as well - it gets pretty confusing   

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	dawn star [SMTP:dawnstar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Monday, January 04, 1999 6:48 PM
> To:	Tony Albrecht
> Cc:	burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	Re: Hacked in China
> 
> hello tony albrecht, that's a good question and since  you asked
> openly,
> i shall reply to you and the net (there have been many private mails
> on
> the subject). china, as you may know has a death penalty, for all
> kinds
> of crimes, from sordid drug dealers to yes, hackers. as the world
> races
> for cheap goods, fabricated in china, with favored trading status, by
> clinton, and as the chinese foreign minister is soon to arrive here in
> paris, weeks after the dalai lama received his belated lunch
> invitation
> from jacques chirac, you may remember that the chinese are funding the
> arms purchases of the burmese regime, so perhaps you might think that
> china should go unchecked here too, in its treatment of these former
> democratic rebels. yes, it is a pity and a shame that today, those
> facing death in china should be considered clutter by those interested
> in freedom in burma. perhaps you might better use your intelligence to
> find creative solutions to their dire fate, as they used technology
> perhaps more skill and imagination than most people. i should think
> there ought to be a strong movement in solidarity support in their
> interest. Don't you, or do you prefer to see them swing for crimes
> judged by the same henchmen bankrolling the arms traffic in rangoon?
> 
> dawn star
> 
> Tony Albrecht wrote:
> > 
> > why is this cluttering up Burmanet? how does this kind of comment
> > contribute to a better life for the people in Burma?

> >    -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dawn star [SMTP:dawnstar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 1999 7:31 AM
> > > To:   burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject:      Hacked in China
> > >
> > > does crime pay, in china? give these guys a break, won't cha? if
> these
> > > guys were so smart, why did they get caught? in the us they would
> be
> > > working for the cia by now, or merrill lynch...at six figure
> dollar
> > > incomes.
> > >
> > > December 29, 1998
> > > China sentences bank hackers to death concerned about the effect
> > >
> > > A Chinese court has sentenced two          [Image]
> > >       [Image]brothers to death for using a computer to
> > > hack their way into a bank's system and
> > > electronically steal 720,000 yuan
> > > ($86,900).
> > > The official Wenhui Daily said the trial
> > > had been the country's first case of
> > > theft by remote means.
> > >
> > > An intermediate court judge in the
> > > eastern city of Yangzhou said that the
> > > sentence reflected the "tough stance"
> > >   that the country had to take against an
> > > expected wave of high-tech crime.
> > > Hao Jingrong, an employee at an            [Image]
> > > Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
> > >              branch in Zhenjiang, secretly connected a [Image]
> > >              home-made modem to the bank's computer in [Image]
> > >              September.                                [Image]
> > >
> > >        His twin brother, Hao Jingwen, then used   [Image]
> > >              a personal computer set up in a specially
> > >              rented apartment in Yangzhou to dial into
> > >              the bank system and transfer the funds.
> > >
> > >              The funds were then deposited in 16
> > > accounts that the brothers had opened
> > >              under false names.
> > >
> > >              The report did not clarify how the
> > >              authorities traced them but by the time
> > >              they were caught they had withdrawn a
> > >              total of 260,000 yuan.
> > >
> > >              The sentence also includes a fine of
> > >              40,000 yuan.
> > >
> > >              In November China announced it was
> > >              stepping up measures to deal with
> > >              computer hackers after a spate of
> > >              incidents, including the hacking of a
> > >              government human rights Website.
> > >
> > > bbc