Silver Fox trojan ringleader extradited from Vietnam | 11 more arrested in coordinated raids
TL;DR
China's Ministry of Public Security said on July 20 that Pan, the alleged ringleader of the Silver Fox trojan case, was extradited from Vietnam. He had been on the run for 10 months; Vietnamese police arrested him on June 4 and returned him on June 6, alongside 11 other suspects arrested in Guangdong and Guangxi.
China's Ministry of Public Security said on July 20 that Pan, the alleged ringleader of the Silver Fox trojan case, has been extradited from Vietnam. In July 2025, police in Zibo, Shandong discovered that a group led by a man surnamed Yang was running phishing sites that lured users into downloading software bundled with the Silver Fox trojan, then remote-controlling their machines to steal information for profit. Pan fled abroad in August 2025, was arrested by Vietnamese police on June 4, 2026 and returned on June 6; another 11 suspects were rounded up in coordinated raids in Guangdong and Guangxi.
Silver Fox specifically targets finance staff at enterprises and public-sector units, remotely controlling machines and stealing account credentials, and has grown into a full underground supply chain. In the Zibo case, 15 including Yang have been placed under criminal coercive measures; the case involves more than 3 million yuan. Nationally, police have cracked multiple Silver Fox cases and arrested 63 people.
From 10 months on the run to a cross-border extradition, the underground jargon of "上线" (upline) and "二次殺豬" (second pig-butcher pass) is what got chained up this time.
via 聯合新聞網 / China Daily
Silver Fox specifically targets finance staff at enterprises and public-sector units, remotely controlling machines and stealing account credentials, and has grown into a full underground supply chain. In the Zibo case, 15 including Yang have been placed under criminal coercive measures; the case involves more than 3 million yuan. Nationally, police have cracked multiple Silver Fox cases and arrested 63 people.
From 10 months on the run to a cross-border extradition, the underground jargon of "上线" (upline) and "二次殺豬" (second pig-butcher pass) is what got chained up this time.
via 聯合新聞網 / China Daily
