Hacker Sentenced To 12 Years Imprisonment For Stealing Game Cards

September 22, 2004 | Print | Email Email | Comments | Category: Law & Policy



    A 22-year old hacker, Zhu Renpu, took advantage of weaknesses in Microsoft's code to illegally enter the sales system of Beijing Hua Ao Development and Trade Company.

    Adopting the guise of a system administrator, Zhu stole a total of 4880 game cards from the company and sold them to netizens at 60-70% of the face value.

    When the company discovered the intrusion, the police arrested Zhu after identifying his IP address. The court sentenced Zhu to 12 years imprisonment and fined him CNY20000.


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    One Response to “Hacker Sentenced To 12 Years Imprisonment For Stealing Game Cards”

    1. By MaggieSeptember 20, 2007 at 11:15 pm

      What a dumb ass. He does all that and doesn't know IP can be tracked?

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