Three people have been arrested by Beijing police, linked to developing the “WireLurker” malware.
Local authorities arrested the three suspects on a tip from Chinese security company Qihoo 360 Technology, the Beijing police’s Internet security team said Friday.
Only the surnames (Chen, Li and Wang) were released of the three, who were detained on Thursday and charged with creating and spreading the malware, the police said in a post on its official Sina Weibo account.
The suspects had conspired to create WireLurker as a way to gain illegal profits, and used a Chinese third-party application store called Maiyadi to spread the malware, the police added.
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