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At the end of 2013, the People's Court of Liandu District, Lishui, Zhejiang Province ushered in a special trial - this is an online gambling case that cannot be ignored. In the defendant's seat, 26-year-old Li Jun was blank, and it was difficult to hide guilt and self-blame in his eyes.
Regrettably, it has been seven years since the end of 2006 when he was in the spotlight as the maker of the "Panda Burning Incense" virus and was nicknamed the "Poison King".
At that time, Li Jun was infinitely beautiful, and his unique virus made him famous in the hacker circle, as if he was invincible. Today, he has fallen into the identity of a fraudster who opened an online casino, and what is even more incredible is that in just over a year, he has defrauded up to 76 million yuan of gambling funds.
Ask yourself, Li Jun never imagined that the trajectory of his life would be so capricious, like a virus repeatedly haunting. He was just released from prison 4 years ago, and he was determined to be a new person from now on, but in a blink of an eye, he repeated the same mistakes and fell into the quagmire of crime again.
In prison, Li Jun couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The small courtroom enveloped him in layers, giving him the illusion of falling into the abyss. Yes, at this moment, it was as if he was in a dark prison, and there was no light in sight.
The glory of the past is like a dream bubble, and the reality is the coldness of the iron curtain and the indefinite freedom of freedom.
When it comes to Li Jun's past, we have to start with the days before he was 16 years old. At that time, he was a completely ignorant child of the online world, far from the era when hacking technology penetrated today.
Li Jun was born in an ordinary working family, and his father and mother were ordinary workers in a cement factory in the city. After completing junior high school step by step, he was assigned to a technical school to study cement and seemed destined to inherit the family's manual labor.
However, there are always unforeseen twists and turns in life. A seemingly unintentional chance has turned Li Jun's life trajectory upside down.
The school made an impromptu decision to transfer some students of the cement major to other majors, and Li Jun inadvertently became one of them, and was exposed to computer-related courses for the first time, mastering the operation skills of DOS and Windows.
This pivotal turning point laid the groundwork for Li Jun to become a legend in the hacker world in the future. What ignited his infinite yearning and admiration for hacker technology was the "South China Sea Plane Collision Incident" that occurred in 2001.
At that time, China's pilot Wang Wei unfortunately died in the line of duty in order to defend the sovereignty of the motherland's airspace. This tragedy sparked anger and grief across the country at the time. And for Li Jun in the Internet café, it was a particularly strong shock.
On that ordinary day, Li Jun met a noble man who would change his life - the young and talented hacker Lei Lei. On Lei Lei's computer screen, the obscure code flickered like a magic spell, opening Li Jun's eyes.
Lei Lei told him that this was revenge for the injustice through hacking technology.
For Li Jun at that time, that moment seemed to open the door to a new world. Since then, computer technology has deeply attracted him and has become a passion in his heart.
He was determined to plunge into the mysterious and challenging world of hackers.
On February 3, 2007, Li Jun was arrested by the public security organs for compiling the "Panda Burning Incense" virus. The virus caused millions of computers across the country to suffer, and the crime was serious, and he was finally sentenced to four years in prison.
The years in prison were lonely and long, and Li Jun tossed and turned, and began to reflect on what he had done. He worked tirelessly to develop a tool to eliminate the "Panda Burning Incense" virus, hoping to make up for his mistakes.
At the same time, he also wrote a public apology letter, sincerely admitting his mistakes to the society and the victims.
The determination to reform is getting stronger and stronger, and Li Jun secretly hopes that as long as he performs well, he will definitely be able to go back to the sun in the future. Sure enough, on December 24, 2009, on the festive day of Christmas, he was granted early release for his outstanding performance in prison.
Walking out of the cold prison gate, Li Jun is greeted with a new opportunity and future. As soon as the news spread, the major media were hotly discussed, highly praising him and offering suggestions.
Some suggested that he could join the anti-virus department of a cybersecurity company, while others said that he could enter the information security school of the university.
In the face of these affirmations and expectations, Li Jun sincerely felt extremely excited and excited. He registered on Sina Weibo as the "Founder of Panda Burning Incense" and proudly posted his first Weibo post, inspiringly writing: "I have been in prison for nearly three years, during which I have read a lot of books and realized valuable life lessons...... Whether it's delicious milk or bread ahead, the future will be a fresh start!
Lee Jun's ambition has come true. Soon after, he joined Kingsoft, the largest anti-virus company in China at the time, and was awarded the position of "Cyber Security Observer". However, when he learned that this was just a basic position, with a monthly salary of only 3,000 yuan, he suddenly came to his senses.
It turned out that he was just being used by these big companies and became a tool to create topics.
This blow made Li Jun realize that the outside world gave him too high an evaluation, which was actually far from his own strength. But he didn't give up, but heroically declared on Weibo that "everything starts all over again", and secretly determined that he must climb the peak of life from this trough.
After being released from prison, Li Jun regained his freedom, but he still faced many obstacles on the way forward. His parents are old and struggling, and he urgently needs to find a way to get rich and improve his family's situation.
At this juncture, an old friend Zhang Shun generously handed him an olive branch. Zhang Shun was one of the members of the "Panda Burning Incense" gang that was arrested and imprisoned with Li Juntong, and they formed a deep revolutionary friendship during their long prison years, and even made a vow to be a new person together.
After learning of Li Jun's predicament, Zhang Shun warmly invited him to go to Lishui, Zhejiang Province to work together to create a new chapter in his career. Faced with the invitation of this old partner, Li Jun couldn't help but hesitate.
The past is vivid, and he is afraid that he will repeat the mistakes of the past and go astray again.
But in the end, Li Jun was still moved by the concept of "it is better to work for others than to fight for yourself". A free life is destined to be more exciting than being confined within the walls, and he embarked on the train to Yeosu with infinite hopes for a better life in the future.
After arriving in Lishui, Li Jun was warmly received by Zhang Shun and other old friends. They praised the arrival of this "virus god" as glory and praised his talent.
Soon, they formed a small team and jointly operated an online gambling website platform called "Golden Ingot Chess".
At first, Li Jun just had a simple and kind entrepreneurial heart. Since he grew up in a poor family, he longed to achieve financial freedom through his own efforts and thus improve his family's life.
But soon, the sheer allure of money engulfed them completely, and the greed for gambling money reached an unprecedented level.
Faced with a steady stream of money from gamers, they gradually become short-sighted and lose their minds. In order to make more profits, in 2012, Li Jun personally stepped on the road of crime and carefully developed a horrific cheating program.
The cheating virus program developed by Li Jun has shocking features. It can not only control the player's game trend on the "Golden Ingot Chess" platform, decide who wins or lose, but also spy on the player's personal privacy data, including identity information, address, bank account and other details.
It can be said that this is a naked criminal act. However, at that time, Li Jun and his team were obviously blinded by the corruption of money, and completely lost the basic legal and moral bottom line.
They are only interested in greedily collecting money, and they are unaware of the illegality of the cheating virus in their hands.
In fact, it can be seen from the heroic declaration issued by Li Jun on Weibo in 2012. He wrote at the time: "As an entrepreneur, it is inevitable that your hands and feet will be stained with some dirt.
What may seem like an uplifting rhetoric is actually a sinister ambition.
With this "killer" cheating program escort, Li Jun and others' illegal gains on the "Golden Ingot Chess" platform have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. In just over a year, they have earned a whopping 7. The gambling income of 600 million yuan can be called rampant.
However, greed often leads to a trap and loss of mind. Just in 2012, when the country's decision to crack down on the online gambling industry was transmitted, Li Jun and others woke up from a dream and realized the seriousness of the situation.
They panicked and shut down the back-end system of the "Golden Ingot Chess" website, frantically destroyed the evidence, and escaped for the time being.
However, no matter how carefully and carefully concealed it is, it will not escape the perseverance of the police. After a lot of investigation and evidence collection, at the end of 2013, the public security organs finally brought all 26 members including Li Jun to justice in one fell swoop, sweeping away this criminal gang composed of online gambling and cheating programs.
Handcuffed again, Li Jun knew that this time he was destined to be difficult to get out easily. During the trial, the prosecutor listed their crimes: opening an online gambling platform across borders, developing illegal cheating programs, etc., and the evidence of the crime was conclusive.
Facing the "Golden Ingot Chess Card" that he was proud of, Li Jun now feels ashamed.
In the summer of 2015, when Li Jun was released again, he was already in his old age. The moment he walked out of the prison door, he let out a long sigh and looked at the foggy future ahead, and suddenly felt a sense of loss at a loss.
Looking back, Li Jun's life is like a capricious virus software, with twists and turns, and there is no end to it. When he was young, his vision of the hacker world deviated from his original life track.
Although the compilation of the "Panda Burning Incense" virus made him an instant hit and well-known in the hacker circle, it also added endless shadows to his future life trajCT.
After being released from prison, he suddenly woke up and was determined to be a new person, but after only a few years, he was once again unable to bear the huge temptation of money, and finally repeated the mistakes of the past and was imprisoned again.
Perhaps, it is those fortuitous encounters, the vain pursuit, and the unrelieved inner desire that have created today's controversial Internet legend.
However, no matter where Li Jun's future leads, that unforgettable entrepreneurial experience will always be remembered in people's hearts. The trajectory of his life is full of twists and turns, thought-provoking, and a vivid footnote to human nature.
Is it ambitious or firm in ethics? Is it ashamed of reality or dominant? On this rather legendary road of life, Li Jun wandered and struggled again and again, and resolutely charged forward again and again, and finally arrived at the place where you failed to stop in time today.
His story is still in the embers, and we can only wait and see.