With the rapid development of new technologies and applications such as artificial intelligence, hacker attacks, destruction, and trafficking of citizens' personal information have become more frequent. Recently, the public security in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province held a press conference to report on the cracking of a number of cases.
One of the cases of "reselling the identity information of celebrities and Internet celebrities" attracted attention, but what was unexpected was that the hacker behind the scenes was only 19 years old.
The case involved 100 popular stars
Nowadays, the privacy information of celebrities and Internet celebrities has become a "hot commodity" and has formed an industrial chain. Some sellers will sell celebrities' flight information at a clear price, and even their private information such as their address, ID number, and WeChat ID. Recently, the Internet Police Brigade of the Fuyang District Public Security Bureau of Hangzhou has detected a hacker case of infringing on citizens' personal information.
The hacker surnamed Wei, 19 years old, who infringed on citizens' personal information, has made a profit of more than 500,000 yuan in half a year, and the Internet police have obtained more than 80 pieces of citizens' personal information on the spot. On November 7, 2023, the Fuyang Cyber Police found in their daily work that someone had set up a "personal information database" robot on overseas social platforms to sell citizens' personal information, and the suspect was Wei.
Source: "Hangzhou Public Security" WeChat public account
After the investigation by the Internet police, it was found that Wei continued to teach himself computer after dropping out of high school, and half a year ago he saw a message on the overseas social platform that he was looking for cooperation in the "personal information database", thinking that he could not only see other people's personal information, but also make money, so he contacted the other party.
Source: Hangzhou Comprehensive Channel WeChat public account
Soon the source code interface was provided, and Wei made his own "robot" that can automatically conduct paid transactions, which can be forwarded to various social groups in large quantities, especially the fan base of celebrities.
Yang Ming, a police officer of the Internet Police Brigade of the Fuyang District Public Security Bureau: "The information database contains a large number of celebrities and Internet celebrity data, and there are about 100 popular stars, which is equivalent to the current very popular artificial intelligence, as long as you enter your name, it will automatically return the associated data." The more information you enter, the more accurate the information you provide. Querying citizens' personal information is required to purchase a membership, 100 yuan for ten days, 330 yuan a month, and 1,600 yuan for permanent permission, and these personal information are sold twice. ”
With the successful realization of a large number of citizens' personal information transactions, Wei felt that the risk was very high. So he recruited two more transaction collectors and made a profit through virtual currency conversion, but finally at the end of November, the Fuyang Internet Police rushed to Guangxi and arrested three suspects, including the main culprit Wei, and criminal coercive measures have been taken.
Celebrity information leaks are not unique
In fact, the news of celebrity information leaks has sparked heated discussions many times.
Not long ago, five employees of the high-speed rail station were sentenced by the Nanhai District People's Court of Foshan City, Guangdong Province for the crime of infringing on citizens' personal information.
Since January 2019, defendant Chen and others have taken advantage of their positions as passenger clerks at railway stations to inquire about personal information such as the travel time, train number, and seat of the sales "star", and Chen has made a total profit of about 190,000 yuan. The court sentenced the defendant Chen and others to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from three years, eight months to nine months, and a fine for the crime of infringing on citizens' personal information. After the first-instance judgment was announced, the defendant Chen and others appealed, and the appeal was finally rejected and the original judgment was upheld.
Source: Screenshot of CCTV news video
Zhong Qiwen, a judge of the Criminal Trial Division of the Nanhai District People's Court of Foshan City, said that if citizens illegally sell, provide or obtain communication content, credit information, property information and whereabouts information, more than 50 articles have already constituted a crime.
"According to the provisions of the judicial interpretation, criminal liability shall be pursued if the illegal gains reach more than 5,000 yuan, which is 10 times that of 5,000 yuan, that is, more than 50,000 yuan, which is a particularly serious circumstance. If it is a special practitioner who collects and processes personal information, the amount of illegal gains is calculated by half, and more than half of it meets the standard of aggravation. ”
According to the judge, in the trial process of relevant cases, service industries such as transportation, express delivery, accommodation, and intermediaries are the "hardest hit areas" for personal information leakage.
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