China Brings Charges in Panda Worm Outbreak
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Four men face charges for creating and selling the worm that infected about a million PCs in China.
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Shanghai. (Interfax-China) -The World Health Organization (WHO) warned the of potential dangers of an outbreak of influenza H5N1 infections in pigs in China.
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Chinese scientists say they have discovered a deadly strain of the bird flu virus in pigs. Speaking at an international conference on avian flu and SARS in Beijing Friday, Chinese animal research facility official, Chen Hualan said the deadly H5N1 virus ...
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(InfoWorld) - Chinese police have arrested eight people in connection with the release of a computer virus known as Panda Burning Incense, according to an official news report. Among those arrested was Li Jun, a 25-year-old man from Wuhan, in central China, the official Xinhua News Agency said on its Web site. Li allegedly sold copies of the worm to 120 people, earning 100,000 renminbi ($12,876) from the sales, the report said, citing a statement from the Hubei Province Public Security Bureau. The arrests are the first in China for virus writing, Xinhua said. Panda Burning Incense, which is known by several other names, including Fujacks and Radoppan.T, was written in October 2006 and first attracted the attention of authorities and antivirus experts in January. The virus attacks the Windows operating system. Antivirus specialist SophosÂ last month described Panda Burning Incense as a "parasitic virus," which infects executable files on a PC. When infected, the icon of the executable file changes to an image of a panda holding three sticks of incense -- a traditional way of praying in China. The virus also allows attackers to circumvent some security processes on infected computers and spreads by attacking shared network resources. In a statement, Sophos said the virus does not present a risk of widespread infection, as the altering of program icons makes infection obvious. The company also discounted reports of widespread infection, saying it received only "one or two" such reports.
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24/08/2004 - Authorities in China are trying to calm fears over the spread of the deadly avian influenza strain H5N1 to pigs by stating that recent tests carried out on pig farms in the country have shown that the animals are now clear of the disease.
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In recent weeks, China has been accused of hacking the Pentagon as well as British and German government offices.
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HANGZHOU, China -- In spring 2006, an essay appeared on the Internet detailing collusion between the Chinese government's food and drug watchdog agency and a pharmaceutical venture. It accused the country's highest-ranking regulator of accepting a lakeside house and hundreds of thousands of dollars...
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China has detected an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry in Tibet, a government Web site said on Tuesday.
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LENG VILLAGE, China  - With the familiarity of a long-married couple, Leng Zhijin lifts his wife Wang Xiangying's ragged blouse to show raw rashes and she grasps his shoulder, gaunt after 20 days of diarrhea.
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HONG KONG: Health authorities in Hong Kong are investigating the outbreak of a mysterious respiratory illness in a hospital that has infected 28 children.
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A German teenager who created the Sasser worm that disrupted computers around the world in May has been charged with computer sabotage, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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A U.S. federal grand jury indicted two Chinese businesses, a U.S. company and their top executives in connection with tainted pet food, which killed and sickened up to thousands of pets last year, prosecutors said.
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China has launched a four-month &quot;war&quot;  on tainted food, drugs and exports, state media reported on  Friday, as beleaguered officials embraced time-tested campaign  tactics to clean up the country&#39;s battered image.
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China denied claims Monday that a deadly strain of bird flu that killed 27 people in Asia was discovered in the country&#39;s pigs, as the World Health Organisation warned the disease will take several years to contain.
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China has confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus among ducks in an outlying district of the southern metropolis of Guangzhou in Guangdong province, the Agriculture Ministry said.
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China has found microscopic worms in wooden packaging from the United States and uncovered substandard U.S. vitamin pills and fish oil for children, Chinese media said on Friday in the latest volley of cross-border accusations.
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A new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu killed 985 chickens in China's northern region of Inner Mongolia, a state news agency reported Saturday.