According to news from the Cyber Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security on August 16, on August 8, 2024, the Fujian Cyber Security Corps took the lead in teaming up with the Quanzhou Cyber Security Department to crack down on a hacker case that used technical means to illegally obtain exclusive authorized videos from a large video website. , 4 members of illegal app production, operation, and service gangs were arrested in Jinjiang, Fujian, Sichuan and other places.
Recently, the Fujian Internet Security Corps received clues and discovered that criminals had used "hacking" technology to steal more than 100,000 exclusive authorized videos such as popular TV series from the official website, and linked the videos to an app for customers to watch for free, which is suspected of violating the law. crime. After receiving the clues, the Fujian Cyber Security Corps attached great importance to it and selected business backbones of the Corps to join forces with the Quanzhou Cyber Security Department to form a task force to quickly carry out case investigation work.
The police handling the case quickly carried out investigation work on the case and successfully captured the criminal suspect Liu Mousheng on July 11, 2024. One mobile phone and one computer were seized at the scene.
After review, Liu Moosheng used the Internet to build his own server, illegally established a video website app by connecting to resource stations, used hacking tools to bypass the verification mechanism of a large video platform, and illegally obtained tens of thousands of videos that platform members were exclusively authorized to watch. Finally, the video was linked to the video website app and he confessed to the crime of making illegal gains.
After Liu Mousheng arrived at the case, the task force continued to investigate and uncovered a criminal gang that integrated illegal app production, operation, sales and services.
On August 8, 2024, the Fujian Internet Security Corps and the Quanzhou Internet Security Department launched a unified network closure operation on the case. They captured three criminal suspects Liu, Wang, and He Jin in Sichuan, and seized 6 mobile phones and 3 computers on site. tower.
After review, the gang confessed to the crime of illegally establishing a website, producing and selling more than 100 illegal apps, and using hacking techniques to steal exclusive authorized videos such as popular TV series.
The case is currently under further investigation.
's use of hacking techniques to illegally obtain and disseminate copyrighted content not only infringes upon the legitimate rights and interests of copyright owners, but also disrupts the normal market order and has a serious impact on the healthy development of related industries. The public security organs will severely crack down on such crimes!
At the same time, we remind Internet users to respect intellectual property rights, develop and use various software programs in accordance with the law, not participate in illegal acquisition or illegal dissemination of copyrighted video content, improve network security awareness, and jointly maintain a healthy and orderly network environment. (Picture source: WeChat ID of the Cybersecurity Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security)
