Chinese Hackers Use Zero Day To Obtain Prada Zero Day
Dave G. | May 23rd, 2007 | Filed Under: Industry Punditry
According to The Washington Times, Chinese hackers are now breaking into Italian fashion houses. Why?
“Once upon a time, the Chinese came to the West to photograph the windows of shoe stores or fashion boutiques to copy the products. Today, instead, they steal projects directly from the servers of producing firms so that they can put counterfeit products on the market before they are distributed commercially,” it says.
Counterfeiting handbags is apparently big business.
Best part of the article:
“[Louis] Vuitton is already the most copied house in the world,” Miss Pisa said. “I would expect the French fashion houses in competition with our Italian companies likely will be targeted by the Chinese as well.
“Of course Italy needs to take steps to neutralize the hackers. But some of the companies have encouraged copying by charging as much 1,500 euros [$1,800] for a simple bag or a scarf. What is happening is not quite poetic justice but almost,” she said.
Luxury retailers of anything just aren’t sympathetic victims. Just ask Chicagoan’s that can’t eat Foie Gras. My big problem with making Foie Gras illegal is, of course, that now we will have underground foie gras restaurants and organized crime control of duck liiver.
Jeremiah Blatz
May 23rd, 2007 10:01 amCertainly the former (underground foie gras resturants), but I doubt the latter (mob foie gras). That is, if the market for illegal imported raw milk cheese is any indication.
Yes, there is an illegal market for cheese.
batz
May 24th, 2007 12:05 pmNo matter how precisely counterfeit designer bags knock-off an original, people can usually spot fakes a mile off, and it’s seldom the bag they notice first.
Personally, I don’t understand why Gnosis and the Italian intelligence community is so outraged. When the Chinese develop something worth stealing, I’m sure Italy and other countries will be rooting chinese boxes with as much gusto as they are owning ours.
batz
May 24th, 2007 12:05 pmNo matter how precisely counterfeit designer bags knock-off an original, people can usually spot fakes a mile off, and it’s seldom the bag they notice first.
Personally, I don’t understand why Gnosis and the Italian intelligence community is so outraged. When the Chinese develop something worth stealing, I’m sure Italy and other countries will be rooting chinese boxes with as much gusto as they are owning ours.
Alan Watts
May 28th, 2007 3:10 amthis article is a shame of http://www.securityfocus.net
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