Police in China shut down a hacker training operation that recruited thousands of members online to teach them cyber attack lessons and malicious software, stated the Associated Press. Officials think it was the largest training website for computer hackers. China seems to be the ongoing center for internet crime, after the amount of email accounts hacked last month.

Three people were suspected of running the hacker website, the Black Hawk Safety Net, which recruited more than 12,000 paying subscribers and collected more than $1 million in membership fees. The China Daily newspaper said users would pay about 200 yuan ($14-$29) for these malicious lessons. They also sold Trojan software, allowing others to access a computer remotely. Hackers seized control of online accounts for their own entertainment and hacked into bank accounts. Police took nine servers, five computers, a car, and shut down all sites involved. They also froze $250,000 in assets.

Authorities had investigated the website after a cyber attack back in 2007 and realized some of these suspects arrested were members of Black Hawk Safety Net. Reports from China state that hackers caused 7.6 billion yuan ($1 billion) in losses within the last year and tampered with more than 42,000 websites. Google is reviewing all operations in China.