reuters: hacker jailed for stock manipulation

[Stiens Eric <9946144@student.ul.ie>]

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Hacker Jailed for Stock Manipulation 
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese court jailed a former trust firm worker for
three years on Friday for hacking into a computerized stock trading system
and manipulating prices, a court official said. 
The Shanghai court found Zhao Zhe, 28, guilty of rigging stock data so that
he could sell shares at inflated prices, he said. 
Zhao, a former employee of the Shanghai branch of the Shijiazhuang Trust and
Investment Co, was also ordered to pay 2.94 million yuan ($355,200) in
compensation for trading losses, had illegal income confiscated and was
fined 10,000 yuan. 
``This is a rare case for China,'' said the court official. ''We don't see
hackers breaking into stock trading systems very often.'' 
The court found Zhao guilty of breaking into the computer system of the
Shanghai branch of a Hainan securities company and inflating the prices for
Shanghai Xing Ye Real Estate Co (600603.SS) and Henan Lotus Flower Gourmet
Powder Co (600186.SS). 
Prices of the two companies' domestic currency A shares rose their daily
limit of 10 percent in unusually heavy trade as a result of the price
manipulation, according to the official media. 
The Shanghai stock exchange has said prices in its computerized system were
affected by the false information and it has vowed to take steps to
strengthen computer security. 


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