I’ve explained characteristics in my last two posts what Trojan virus is and its four basic characteristics. I’ll show in my final post how Trojan affects the society by looking at an actual event. In recent years, programming virus gradually became a new chain for getting huge profits. However, as this black chain prevailed, more computers were attacked and more people suffered damages.

In 2012, Bo Hung, a server in a club, got a message from QQ said there was a new type of Trojan virus called Fuyun, which can unconsciously stole money from e-bank. Then, he joined a QQ group and rented that Trojan for 3000 Yuan per month. By using this Trojan, Bo, who never learnt professional knowledge about computer science, cheated more than 10,000 Yuan just in one month. How did he cheat people and get money?

At first, Bo bought a disused online store and pretended as camera seller. Bo cheated the customer that he would send a file that had pictures of new designed camera, and told the customer that if he paid the bill immediately, Bo would give him a 70% off discount. Actually, that file had Trojan horse. When the e-bank transferred money, the Trojan would intercept the information and secretly changed the amount of money. After that, the money would be transferred to a specific game account, and then the virtual currency in game could be exchanged to cash.

After police received report, they found out the whole chain that used of Trojan virus through the investment of Bo. The two programmers adapted original Trojan to Fuyun, and they totally got 40,000 Yuan in renting it 71 times. Finally, this event caused nearly 100 victims were involved, 41 suspects were prosecuted, 112 computers, 456 debt cards, and 3 million Yuan uncover. (Cyberspace Theft) It became the largest online banking theft broken by the police in 2012. There is no doubt that Trojan horse led to huge impacts in the society. So, it is necessary to protect your computer in different ways.

Reference:

“Cyberspace Theft.” Prezi.com. Dongjun Shin, 11 Nov. 2012. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. (http://prezi.com/kk5dpgypisxy/ccst9029/)