U.S. Indicts 12 Chinese Nationals in ‘Hackers-for-Hire’ Conspiracy
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2025/03/07/u-s-indicts-12-chinese-nationals-hackers-hire-conspiracy/
Germany and UK also run "HACKER GANGS" who USED TO connect / get jobs with "people who wanted attack viruses written" (ie, microsoft) USING
IRC - Internet Relay Chat. which itself of course became malware if installed incorrectly.
TODAY MICROSOFT HAS HQ THROUGH FOREIGN COUNTRIES - when they want ANTI-LINUX malware they just tell an employee to take a foreign name and upload them under a fake photo to GITHUB
IT USED TO LOOK LIKE THAT.
they would offer "hacks to make non-free software free", or something illegal, or perhaps just some gaming audio fix, and put their HACKER GROUP insignia on the group work.
they would invite BIG BUSINESS to "USE IRC TO CONTACT THEM DISCRETELY"