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Chinese Gang Sells Fake Professional Certifications

Bruce Schneier Posted by Bruce Schneier | Wed, 08 Aug 2012
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They were able to hack into government websites: The gangs USP, and the reason it could charge up to 10,000 yuan (£1,000) per certificate, was that it could hack the relevant government site and tamper with the back-end database to ensure that the fake certs name and registration number appeared legitimate. The gang made £30M before being arrested....


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