Police say hackers seem younger these days

Police in several regions of China have reported that computer hackers seem to be younger than in the past.

Six men 18 to 25 years old were caught by police in the Binjiang district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in mid-August for hacking into the database of a gaming website to steal, and then sell, the personal information of its registered users.

The men were detained on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer information system, police said on Monday. An investigation is continuing.