200-Million Spam Text Messages Hit Chinese Cell Phones
There's little more irritating than getting spam text messages on your cell phone, especially when your plan has you stuck paying for each message that comes in. Thankfully, phone spam is a fairly isolated problem here in the U.S. In China, however, it's another story entirely, as nearly half of all the cell phone users in the country recently got hit with a flood of spam text messages.
Last week, over 200-million spam messages were sent to subscribers of China's two largest mobile providers, China Mobile and China Unicom. The messages originated from seven different advertising firms, which took advantage of security lapses at the two service providers to send out the blasts. Those advertising firms have been apparently blocked from future spam attempts, but it remains to be seen whether they'll face prosecution or not.
Here's hoping.
From BBC News
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Tangerine @ Apr 1st 2008 2:31PM
There supossed to be the smart ones? pretty damn stupid loophole if u ask me.
cooldan331 @ Apr 1st 2008 3:16PM
that was pretty damn stupid if u ask me...arent they the ones who rarer supposed to protect our phones,that is pretty shity!!!!and also, how the hell do u get a spam texcxt o it'll just say"spam text message click here!!!" u frigen retards!!!
Serves them right @ Apr 1st 2008 4:01PM
considering all the spyware from china that infiltrates your system this serves those commie a$$wipes right.
KOOLZ @ Apr 1st 2008 4:18PM
CHING CHAN WAH??
Darin @ Apr 1st 2008 5:16PM
Now attack everything else from or about that Paper Tiger China... Down with oppression and say YES to freedom to all
samantha @ Apr 1st 2008 5:18PM
@previous posts: congradulations, you're the scum of america. racism in your comment basically nullifies your opinion, and makes it retarded and worthless to the more educated world around you. also, japan is the asian country popularly known as the technological geniuses, not china. they don't 'protect our phones'. and refering to the people of china as a whole is just like if a foriegner says that americans are retarded thanks to bush. think in terms of individuals. and cool, if you can barely manage to properly spell out half of the words in your insults, then maybe you should take a long, hard look at who really deserves to be called a retard. let me help you with this one: it's you.
David @ Apr 1st 2008 5:18PM
It couldn't have happened to a nicer country!
(For that matter, it WOULDN'T have happened to a nicer country!)
Glena @ Apr 1st 2008 5:52PM
Thank you for your intelligent comments Samantha. I agree with you.
Marlee @ Apr 1st 2008 6:05PM
Thank you, Samantha. I couldn't have said it better myself. I'd probably still be working on it if I hadn't seen your post. LoL
Chris @ Apr 1st 2008 6:12PM
Samantha: It's congratulations and foreigner (to "properly spell them")
bethann @ Apr 1st 2008 6:26PM
I agree with Samatha, but love, all the board posts are this way...lol people just looking for attention and showing their ignorance is one way to get it... I honestly dont like china in general. I feel that they have blatent disregard for the health of the rest of the world, polluted are their goods and their enviroment. its pretty bad when they will only buy american made toys for their kids, because they know theirs is tainted. okay so they know, but they continue, and the classic money hungry american public trying to save a dollar and spend cheaply is fuel to thier fire. I can not believe we are allowing the olympics to get help there, in light of this disregard for everyone and the pollution, i wonder how many more atheletes will be dropping from something they have been training for all their life, because their enviroment is so screwed.... buy american people
Frank @ Apr 1st 2008 6:47PM
I hope it was someone on the inside who is a supporter of Tibet.
Sator @ Apr 1st 2008 6:48PM
Oh well... what more can anyone say? Everybody wants and has different standards of security, everyone thinks theirs is "superior" well wake up people... this event is further proof that we need to work together to protect ourselves from those with no scruples i.e. "spammers, terrorists etc." Time for our countries to stop fighting fronting and posturing and get down to making technology and life safe and secure for everyone. Until the "Blame Game" mentality ceases and penalties are served that fit the crimes events like this will continue to increase in severity and frequency.
---Peace---
lilacosta22 @ Apr 1st 2008 7:14PM
well cooldan331 when you get a text you cant choose to recieve it or not you just get it, but yeah china is supposed to be the smartest country but that is a pretty stuid lopehole if you ask me... LOL!!!
H @ Apr 1st 2008 7:24PM
Considering the highly toxic and dangerous chemicals found in their exports we have been exposed to...Tough noogies on them!
Page @ Apr 1st 2008 7:54PM
American retards thanks to Bush, think in terms as individuals. Samantha, I agree with you except for the above statement. You will not agree with me I am sure you see I grew up during world war II. And I believe the best defense is a great offense. As Mr. Bush, President Individuals like you have short memories like 9/11, the war had the backing of the UN. I don't care if Sadam had weapons of mass distructions he paid famlies $25,000 for their son or daughters to murdered Americans and anyone else they murdered. Why is it okay for someone to murder thousands of forieners and get away with it is it because they are not american and only americans have the right to live in pease. Everyone on this earth has a right to life even the unborn. If it were not for Mr. Bush and the volunteers in our military you, realative or a distant friend somewhere in this spoiled country would more than likely would probably be murdered by now. What about all of the homegrown terrious under Mr. Bush's watch has been apprenhended? As regard to China is it China's fault you buy thier products, is it China's fault our union's and the socialist democrates, control and taxes have driven business off shore. Next you we'll tax the weathy offshore also. Then where will the jobs be if the wealthy don't want to risk thier money here in the USA?
vorerdcty @ Apr 1st 2008 8:29PM
IT CAN'T BE ANYMORE ANNOYING THAN OUR TELE-MARKETERS AND THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN CALLERS TRYING TO INVOKE OUR VOTE. THEY SHOULD LIST THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBERS ON THE TELEVISION SO WE CAN CALL THEM IF WE SHOULD DESIRE TO DO SO, ALSO JUST SO WE COULD VOICE OUR OPINIONS, CHOICES, DIRECT THEM INTO VOTING THE RIGHT CHOICES OF THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!
vorerdcty @ Apr 1st 2008 8:31PM
About as annoying as are TELE-MARKETERS and the telephone calls received from presidental campaigners to vote for their canidate!!! Let them put their phone numbers on the television and we'll call them if/and "when" we're interested!!!
jane atwood @ Apr 2nd 2008 12:59AM
The Chinese think that Tibetans are ungrateful murderers while treating Tibetans like Jim Crow days. They poison us for a few dollars profit. They are ignorant and greedy. Problem is, that describes us, too - anyone who doesn't agree with our chosen politics, and we're starting to realize that capitalism doesn't equal democracy. Fact is, people can't do what is best in the long run - all pull up the ladder after themselves because we are still too primitive to take care of our communities unless they are homogeneous (check the studies), let alone the planet. We need a LOT less people to remain so us-vs-them, or for everyone to become wise overnight. Good luck mankind.