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The underground market for cybercrime products and services in China is booming, with both the number of participants and IM messages sent between those participants doubling last year, according to new research from Trend Micro.

Credit card data stolen from retailers such as Target,Sally Beauty Supply, P.F. Chang's, and now perhaps Home Depot, are flooding into underground hacker forums where customers' card numbers, names and addresses can be sold for as little as $1 each.

The late August news of a data breach at JPMorgan Chaserocked the world of fintech info security: The huge money center bank was apparently hit by hackers said to be affiliated with a nation state.

The week before a crucial launch of its new iPhone, Apple Inc said intimate photos of celebrities including Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence were leaked online through the apparent hacking of individual iCloud accounts.

Forget intelligence gathering. Financially motivated cybercrime is booming behind the Great Wall.