Former Hacker Li Jun Donates to Panda Research Center
Dec 16, 2010
In 2006, Li Jun, a Chinese man, was jailed for creating the 'Fujacks' worm. Recently, he appears to be attempting to rehabilitate his public image by making a donation to a panda research center in China. Li Jun was arrested in February 2007 and charged with writing and selling the "Panda Burning Joss Sticks" worm for approximately $13,000. Interestingly, Chinese police later convinced him to create a tool to repair the damage caused by the worm to infected users. The worm earned its nickname because it replaced file icons on infected PCs with the image of a stylized panda bear holding three joss sticks. Now, having been released from prison, Li Jun has reportedly donated 50,000 yuan ($7,500) to the Chengdu Research Giant Panda Breeding Center to support the care of a bear cub born there five months ago. China has a deep fascination with pandas, making this gesture a potential PR move. However, his team seemed to overextend this theme by claiming to the Xinhua news agen...