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China: man sells 100 million dollars of pirated high priced U.S. software

Mercurynews.com reported that Xiang Li was proud of his growing business, his lawyer said.
From his home in central China, he prowled the Internet for sophisticated stolen American industrial software — products retailing for an average of $181,000 — and resold them to black market buyers in 61 countries from 2008 to 2011. Read Article

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Where hackers get exploit kits

Software that facilitates online attack by novice fraudsters and would-be anarchists is big business, writes KARLIN LILLINGTON. THE NEW software suites come with all the trappings of today’s modern software offering: cloud computing hosting options, software as a service (SaaS) features, outsourcing, digital certificates, licences to prevent piracy, software modules, and bundled service and support [...]

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