Focusing on all kinds of illegal and criminal activities that infringe on citizens' personal information that are strongly resented by the public, the public security organs in Shandong have continued to carry out efforts to crack down on crimes infringing on citizens' personal information by relying on the "Clean Network 2023" special action, effectively safeguarding cyberspace security and social public safety. The 10 typical cases are hereby announced as follows:
1.Jinan public security organs cracked a case of infringing on citizens' personal information.
In March 2023, the work of the Jinan Public Security Bureau found that the local people received a large number of advertisements from a children's photo studio to harass**. After investigation, Xi Mouqian, the actual controller of the photo studio, illegally obtained citizens' personal information from housekeeping companies, maternal and infant products sales enterprises, and staff of health and medical institutions in order to promote children's photography business, and hired staff to make harassment calls for precision marketing. At the same time, the above information is also resold to confinement centers, insurance companies and other institutions for profit. In April 2023, the Jinan public security organs carried out centralized collection of nets and arrested 8 criminal suspects, involving more than 200 yuan.
2.Qingdao public security organs cracked a case of infringing on citizens' personal information.
In March 2023, the Qingdao public security organs found that a number of local telecommunications industry leaders used communication groups to illegally ** a large number of mobile phone numbers and SMS verification codes. After investigation, the criminal suspects Lu Mouqian and Wang took advantage of the convenience of engaging in mobile phone sales to establish a special communication group, colluded with a number of local telecommunications industry ** businessmen inside and outside, and used ** mobile phones and newly opened mobile phone cards to illegally obtain their mobile phone numbers and SMS verification codes without the customer's knowledge, register network accounts on various platforms, and then sell them to telecommunications fraud, online gambling, online trolls and other gangs for downstream crimes. In May 2023, Qingdao public security organs carried out centralized collection of nets, arrested 25 criminal suspects, and seized more than 50,000 pieces of citizens' personal information.
3.The Zibo public security organs cracked a case of infringing on citizens' personal information.
In February 2023, the Zibo Public Security Bureau received a report from the public that some netizens were openly selling citizens' personal information online, suspected of infringing on citizens' personal information. After investigation, the criminal suspect Wang, together with Mo Moubin and Shang Mouqi, wantonly sold various citizen information such as delivery through domestic and foreign online social software, and hired professional drainage personnel to promote and divert traffic to their criminal social accounts. After receiving the order, the citizens' personal information is purchased through overseas social software, and then resold to the buyer at a higher price for profit. In July 2023, the Zibo public security organs carried out a centralized collection of nets, arrested 22 criminal suspects, and seized more than 1,200 pieces of citizens' personal information.
4.Zaozhuang public security organs cracked a case of infringing on citizens' personal information.
In January 2023, the Zaozhuang Public Security Bureau found that a studio in Tengzhou collected citizenship information for sale under the guise of part-time work and activities. After investigation, since June 2022, the suspect Wu Mouzhong, together with Jia Mouwei and others, set up a studio, under the guise of attracting new users on the app, signed an authorization as a cover, wantonly collected citizenship information, and registered online accounts with real names for sale. In June 2023, the Zaozhuang public security organs carried out centralized network collection, arrested 223 criminal suspects, knocked out 28 studios, and seized more than 800,000 real-name accounts on various online platforms.
5.Weifang public security organs cracked a case of infringing on citizens' personal information.
In January 2023, the Weifang Public Security Bureau found in the handling of a pension fraud case that the fraud gang hired an outbound call company to use personal information such as citizens** obtained from telecom operators to make targeted calls to local elderly people to commit fraud. After investigation, from 2018 to 2023, criminal suspects Sui, Wang Mouqi and others set up an outbound call company to obtain a large number of citizens' personal information data such as mobile phone numbers, ** information, and installation information by cooperating with telecom operator staff and ** stores, and used the obtained data to implement ** drainage services for the pension fraud gang. Ten people, including Jiang Mouan and Song, staff members of telecommunications operators, took advantage of their identities to provide the obtained citizens' mobile phone numbers, ** information and other data to the outbound call company established by the fraud gang. In January 2023, the Weifang public security organs carried out centralized net collection and arrested 41 criminal suspects.
6.The Tai'an public security organs cracked a case of infringing on citizens' personal information.
In March 2022, the Tai'an Public Security Bureau found that a "local push" gang that illegally helped upstream black and gray industry personnel to verify their real names*** was suspected of infringing on citizens' personal information. After investigation, the criminal suspects Zhang Mouhao and Wu Moujiang contacted local push personnel and app new studios across the country online, illegally obtained a large amount of citizens' personal information and carried out precision marketing to relevant companies. In April 2023, the Tai'an public security organs carried out centralized network collection, successfully smashed a criminal chain that infringed on citizens' personal information, arrested 20 criminal suspects, chased 2 criminal suspects online, and seized more than 600 mobile phones and more than 50 computers involved in the case.
7.Weihai public security organs cracked a case of infringing on citizens' personal information.
In June 2023, the Weihai public security bureau found that someone pretended to be a staff member of an online company to steal citizens' personal information. After investigation, Cao Moubin and Cai organized a number of down-line personnel to pretend to be salesmen of a network company near the supermarket, and defrauded the masses of mobile phones to operate by issuing supermarket discount cards, and sent the victim's mobile phone number to the relevant WeChat group without the knowledge of the owner, registered relevant virtual accounts, and illegally made a profit of more than 100,000 yuan. At present, a total of 14 suspects have been arrested in the case, and 16 mobile phones and 556 supermarket discount cards have been seized at the scene.
8.Binzhou public security organs cracked a case of infringing on citizens' personal information.
In February 2023, the work of the Binzhou public security bureau found that some netizens in the jurisdiction used the Internet to sell citizens' personal information. After investigation, since 2022, criminal suspects Zhang Mouyu, Chen Mouyuan and others have purchased a large amount of citizens' personal information from criminal suspect Chen Mouzhen through the Internet and resold it to others for profit. In May 2023, Binzhou public security organs arrested a total of 7 criminal suspects and seized more than 7,000 pieces of citizens' personal information.
9.The Heze public security organs cracked the case of infringing on citizens' personal information.
In May 2023, the work of the Heze public security organs found that Li Moubin, a resident of the jurisdiction, together with more than ten people such as Li Moudong and Li Mouhao, sent the villagers' mobile phone numbers and verification codes to the code receiving group without the knowledge of the villagers on the grounds of opening ** medical insurance business in the village, and registered a network software account. After investigation, the gang was headed by 15 people, including Li Moubin and Li Moudong, registered various software accounts in Heze and other places through the method of "local push" and sold them to the "number merchants", and the "number merchants" resold the purchased software accounts to the fraud criminal gang. In August 2023, the Heze public security organs carried out centralized network collection, arrested 64 suspects of violations and crimes, and seized more than 50 pieces of citizens' personal information.
10.The Texas Public Security Bureau cracked a case of infringing on citizens' personal information.
In July 2023, the work of the Texas public security organs found that someone illegally provided personal information to others through overseas social software. After investigation, the criminal gang led by Ye has long published advertising information on citizen information data in various social groups, lured others to trade and buy, and then implanted the Trojan virus into the buyer's computer by sending data files implanted in Trojan programs, and carried out remote control without the other party noticing, illegally stole other citizen information data stored in the computer, and then sorted out ** for illegal profit. In July 2023, the Dezhou public security organs carried out centralized network collection, arrested 9 criminal suspects, seized 22 mobile phones, 15 computers, 3 fixed remote servers, and seized more than 30 Trojan horse programs and more than 100,000 pieces of citizens' personal information.
*: Shandong Public Security.