Chinese Red Cross hacker gets two years in jail

By Iain Thomson on Jul 15, 2008 9:18AM

A Chinese man has been sentenced to two years in jail after hacking a Red Cross web site launched for the victims of China's recent earthquake.

A Chinese man has been sentenced to two years in jail after he hacked a Red Cross web site set up to collect funds for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake.Yang Litao, 23, was found guilty of fraud and sentenced by a court in eastern Jiangsu province, state media reported.Yang managed to obtain ...

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