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Cybercrime is rampant, and China’s internet users – netizens and companies alike – are at risk. The capabilities of Chinese computer hackers or cybercriminals should not be underestimated. They operate skillfully both within and beyond national borders (like everywhere in the world) with malicious intentions – hack for profit.
Recently, a sophisticated group of ten hackers sold “valid” educational certificates by modifying governmental databases. Since authentic certificates can be checked on government websites, they cleverly attacked databases and added false information. They then sold the fake certificates to make money. It is estimated that this cybercriminal gang raked in $ 300,000 with their activities. The scheme was detected after someone purchased a fake doctor’s certificate to apply for a business license in Zhejiang Province in June this year. Zhejiang authorities checked and found that the certificate was faked even though the information on the Jiangxi Public Health Department’s Website matched its content. The reason why they were caught was the fact that they couldn’t hack in each and every database in order to add a reference to it. So no matter how clever, their business model was quickly detected and shut down. In March, the Shanghai Daily reported that four hackers had been imprisoned for stealing more than $14,000 (100,000 yuan) from online bank accounts using personal information obtained through malware. Three of the men were sentenced to six-and-a-half to eight years in prison for larceny. The fourth hacker received a sentence of two-and-a-half years in prison for concealing illegal income. The eight-year jail sentence is one of the toughest ever seen inside and outside of China in connection with malware. It confirms China’s very strong reputation in dealing with local cybercrime attacks in a very short time frame. Many countries can learn a lesson from this – cybercrime is seldom followed up with adequate punishment. 
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 21 September 2008 )
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We all know that we live in the age of technology revolution. It was England that drove the industrial revolution in the 18th and 19th century and the US that initiated the Internet revolution at the end of the last millennium. But nowadays, the driving force behind technology innovation is hands-down China. We only have to look at the XXIX Olympiad held in Beijing last August, to witness its use of some major technology innovations. For the first time in Olympic history, a supercomputer was used for weather and pollution monitoring. The Beijing Meteorological Bureau purchased from IBM one of the ten most powerful supercomputers in the world to help predict weather and pollution levels for all events in and around Beijing during the Olympics. The coverage of the Olympics also wrote “cyber history” with its mass on-demand coverage. Olympic events were broadcasted both live and delayed on tape on television networks around the world, including NBC. New was that networks and online TV websites (also) provided coverage of the Olympic events online. On-demand video streams of events were watched by millions around the world on the web. Since 205 out of in total 221 (semi)official nations around the world were participating in these Olympics, there was a truly global interest in the games on all five continents. Security measures cannot be effective nowadays without the deployment of technology. In addition to metal detectors, facial recognition software was used to ensure the safety of both participants and spectators. Officials also used special equipment to detect and identify radioactive isotopes. The key to an Olympic win or lose is timing - most Olympic races are timed to the thousandth of a second. In track events, the timer was set off by the starter's gun and stopped by a laser at the finish. A high-speed camera at the line takes 2,000 images per second helped to determine the winner if the race was close. Swimming events, held in the Water Cube, were timed by contact plates that determined when a swimmer left his/her mark and when s/he touched the wall to end the race. One of the reasons China was able to turn this year’s Olympics into the most successful ever is its clever deployment of technology, which turned it into a feast.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 September 2008 )
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 Nanjing City, the capital of East China's Jiangsu province with a population of around 8 million people, is considered as one of the most prominent cities in China. To safeguard its high-tech zone, it opted for an intelligent security network as part of its Safe City project. Its functionalities include environmental analysis and forecasting, biological security development and security software design.
China Security & Surveillance Technology, Inc. (NYSE:CSR), together with a local project contractor, will execute the project that will also include the installation of security cameras, biological detectors and related software that will all be integrated into one security platform.
Nanjing City is not the only city in China that embraces Safe City projects.
In March 2008, the city of Benxi in the Liaoning Province purchased an IP video surveillance solution based upon UTStarcom’s RollingStream IPTV technology. UTStarcom provides Internet Protocol-based end-to-end networking and telecommunications solutions. Its technology was selected by China Netcom to serve as the primary design and deployment platform for Benxi’s Safe-City video surveillance project. It was the first large-scale application of this kind of IP video surveillance solutions. It enables the Benxi Public Security Bureau to plan the deployment of police more scientifically through dynamic arrangement, comprehensive control, and precise strike capabilities. It will enable a more effective maintenance of law & order and stability throughout the city.
Last month, the government of Shouguang City located in Shandong Province with a population of approximately 1.1m people, signed a framework agreement valued at approximately $44m with China Security & Surveillance Technology (CSST), a provider of security solutions in China. This Safe City project consists of the installation of security cameras and related equipment for the public areas including street intersections and shopping malls, as well as a secure, city-wide traffic monitoring system for the local traffic police control center. More Safe City projects are expected throughout China, using IP video surveillance solutions and other security technologies.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 September 2008 )
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