With the rapid development of new technologies and applications such as artificial intelligence,
hacker attacks, destruction and trafficking of citizens' personal information are occurring more frequently.
Recently, the Hangzhou Public Security Bureau held a press conference to report on the crackdown of multiple cases.
One of the cases of "reselling the identity information of celebrities and Internet celebrities" has attracted attention.
What is unexpected is that the hacker behind
is only 19 years old.
According to reports, nowadays, the private information of celebrities and Internet celebrities has become a "hot commodity" and formed an industry chain. Some sellers will clearly mark the price for selling celebrities’ flight information, and even their addresses, ID numbers, WeChat IDs and other private information. On November 7, 2023, Fuyang Internet Police discovered in their daily work that someone had established a "personal information database" robot on an overseas social platform to sell citizens' personal information wantonly. After investigation by the Internet police, it was discovered that the hacker who violated citizens' personal information was named Wei and was 19 years old. After Wei dropped out of high school, he continued to learn computers by himself. Six months ago, he saw a message on an overseas social platform looking for cooperation in a "personal information library". Thinking that he could not only see other people's personal information, but also resell it to make money, he got in touch. the other party.
soon came to provide a source code interface, and Wei also made a self-made "robot" that can automatically perform fee transactions, which can be forwarded to various social groups, especially celebrity fan groups. Yang Ming, a policeman from the Internet Police Brigade of the Fuyang District Public Security Bureau, said, "The information database contains a large amount of data on celebrities and Internet celebrities. There are about a hundred popular celebrities. As long as you enter your name, the associated data will be automatically returned. You enter The more information provided, the more accurate the information provided."
With the successful implementation of a large number of citizens' personal information transactions, Wei felt that the risks were high. So he recruited two more transaction collection agents and made profits through virtual currency conversion. In the end, Fuyang Internet Police arrested three suspects including the principal Wei Mou in Guangxi, and criminal coercive measures have been taken. It is understood that Wei has made more than 500,000 yuan in profit in half a year, and the Internet police obtained more than 800,000 pieces of personal information on citizens at the scene.
In fact, the news that celebrity information was leaked has caused heated discussions many times. Recently, five high-speed rail station employees were sentenced by the Nanhai District People's Court of Foshan City, Guangdong Province for infringing on citizens' personal information.
Starting from January 2019, the defendant Chen and others took advantage of his position as a passenger transporter at the railway station to inquire about the personal information such as the travel time, train number, and seat of the sales "celebrity". Chen made a total profit of about 190,000 yuan. The court sentenced the defendant Chen and others to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 9 months to 3 years and 8 months and fined for the crime of infringing on citizens' personal information. After the verdict of the first instance of the case was announced, the defendant Chen and others appealed, but the appeal was ultimately dismissed and the original verdict was upheld.
Zhong Qiwen, a judge of the Criminal Tribunal of the Nanhai District People's Court of Foshan City, Guangdong Province, said that if citizens illegally sell, provide or obtain communication content, credit information, property information and whereabouts information, more than 50 items will constitute a crime. "According to the provisions of the judicial interpretation, criminal liability will be pursued if the illegal income reaches more than 5,000 yuan, and if it reaches 10 times of 5,000 yuan, that is, more than 50,000 yuan, the case is particularly serious. If it is a special practitioner who collects and processes personal information, the amount of illegal income It is calculated at a discount of half, and more than half meets the severe standard." The judge said that during the trial of relevant cases, service industries such as transportation, express delivery, accommodation, and intermediaries are the "hardest hit areas" for personal information leakage.
Qianjiang Evening News, China Youth Daily, Hangzhou Public Security, Hangzhou Comprehensive Channel, etc.
