Why are Chinese people named “Test”?

It’s a very strange thing. All of these Chinese people signing up for 60-Seconds named “Test”? Every day, they come and create a profile named Test. I know they’re different because each one has what looks strangely like a serial number? Weird.

Actually, only kidding about the “names” . . . these are all bots trying to gain access to our site so they can begin using our mail server to send malware, porn, identity theft schemes and all manner of cyber crime. I don’t even know if they’re Chinese!

These are cyber criminals using Chinese servers to send out millions and millions of attacks on the free world computer users. Most come from iMailFree.cc or China Telecom. They’re relentless. I delete dozens and dozens, and in a few days they’re back.  Different serial numbers, but all named “Test”.

Unless there’s a reason to get email from dot-CC it would be a good idea to block all email coming from any dot-CC domain, especially anyone named “test.”

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