Recently, the People’s Court of Nansha District of Guangzhou publicly pronounced a case in which 38 defendants, including Chen Mou Zhan, provided intrusion, illegally controlled computer information system programs and tools, illegally obtained computer information system data, illegally controlled computer information system, infringed citizens’ personal information, and concealed and concealed criminal proceeds.
Defendants Liang Molun and Chen Mou Zhan were convicted of trespassing, illegally controlling computer information system programs and tools, illegally obtaining computer information system data, illegally controlling computer information system, and infringing citizens’ personal information. They were sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment, 8 years and 6 months’ imprisonment and fined RMB 116,000 and RMB 132,000 respectively. The remaining 36 defendants were convicted of providing intrusion, illegally controlling computer information system programs and tools, illegally obtaining computer information system data, illegally controlling computer information system, infringing citizens’ personal information, and covering up and concealing their crimes. They were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from eight years to six months, and fined from RMB 149,000 to RMB 2,000.
In May, 2019, Nansha Branch of Guangzhou Public Security Bureau discovered the criminal gang that made, sold and used "One Piece" series of software, led by the criminal suspect Chen Mou Zhan, while investigating an online fraud case that lured investment through dating. The bureau filed a case for investigation, and in August 2019, the criminal suspect Chen Mou Zhan and others were arrested.
The court found through trial that in March 2018, the defendant Chen Mou Zhan asked the defendants Chen Mou Wei and Wang to help him develop operating software in order to sell WeChat accounts more conveniently. Defendant Wang has successively compiled a series of softwares such as "hacker data assistant", "hacker detection assistant" and "hacker sales assistant" on the basis of the WeChat bottom interface protocol provided by defendant Chen Mou Wei.
At the end of 2018, the defendant Chen Mou Zhan and others put the above software on the Internet for public sale in order to gain illegal benefits. After the Spring Festival in 2019, the defendant Chen Mou Zhan repackaged the above software and renamed it "One Piece" to further expand the sales scale of WeChat account. The defendant Wang made an official download website, and the defendant Du Mouran made advertising pictures and functional introduction videos for promotion, and successively developed Du Mouran, Liang Molun and others as agents for sales.
After identification,"One Piece" series software has the functions of hanging up mode, deleting friends with one click, adding friends, modifying friends circle, washing white with one click, checking account title, and batch real-name authentication.All the above functions are realized by obtaining the corresponding data in the computer information system. "One Piece" series software can replace the manual operation on WeChat interface and realize the control of WeChat computer information system.
Defendants Chen Mou Zhan, Liang Molun and others used "One Piece" series software to invade and control the computer system of Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Co., Ltd., logged into other people’s WeChat accounts in batches, and carried out operations such as testing, password modification and real-name authentication, illegally obtained the data of WeChat accounts, and sold the WeChat accounts processed by "One Piece" software to others for profit.
According to the judicial audit, the defendant Chen Mou sold 2,284 pieces of One Piece series software, with a total sales amount of 456,905 yuan and a profit of 427,940 yuan. The other 14 defendants also made different profits by selling One Piece series software.
The Nansha Court held that, according to the facts and evidence found in the trial, the defendants Chen Mou Zhan, Liang Molun and others ignored national laws and violated state regulations, provided programs and tools specially used to invade and illegally control the computer information system, invaded Shenzhen Tencent computer information system, obtained data from the computer information system, illegally controlled Tencent computer information system, and sold or illegally obtained citizens’ personal information to others, all of which violated the criminal law. He was guilty of providing intrusion and illegal control of computer information system programs and tools, illegal access to computer information system data, illegal control of computer information system, and infringement of citizens’ personal information, so he made the above judgment according to law.
The judge suggested that the WeChat plug-in software similar to this case is an important tool for black producers to raise and sell their numbers, which can provide a large number of account resources for criminal acts such as online fraud. The appearance of these plug-in functions is a connivance of malicious marketing behavior and will cause harassment and loss to normal WeChat users, which is serious. The court will punish the development and sale of illegal software in accordance with the law, curb the development of network black products from the source, protect network security and create a good network environment. (CCTV reporter at the reception desk)
Zhao Jing)
