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Malware broker behind US hacks is now teaching computer skills in China

By Steve Stecklow and Alexandra Harney

Dec 26 2019 6:11AM

Used RAT against three US companies.

Malware broker behind US hacks is now teaching computer skills in China

A Chinese malware broker who was sentenced in the United States this year for dealing in malicious software linked to major hacks is back at his old workplace: teaching high-school computer courses, including one on internet security. Yu Pingan, who spent 18 months in a San Diego federal ...

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