The amount of turnover involved in the case is more than 30 million yuan
Expose the industrial chain behind the "plug-in" of AI games
In recent years, online games have been sought after by more and more young people, and with the development of professionalism, e-sports has become a socially recognized competitive sport. Some criminals see the business opportunity and write "plug-in" programs for sale. This not only seriously affects the player experience, destroys the rules of the game, but also interferes with the healthy development of the network economy.
Recently, the Yujiang Branch of the Public Security Bureau of Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province cracked a large case of making and selling AI game "plug-ins", involving a turnover of more than 3,000 yuan, arrested 10 criminal suspects, and cut off a black and gray industry chain of making and selling AI game "plug-ins".
The stolen account leads to the "plug-in" industry chain
On August 11, the Internet Security Brigade of the Yujiang Branch of the Yingtan Public Security Bureau received a report from the masses Yu, saying that his game account was stolen and he could not log in for many days.
After inquiry, it was learned that Yu had recently purchased and used a number of game "plug-ins" on a certain **, and it was the Trojan virus in the game "plug-ins" that caused Yu's personal information to be leaked. The police immediately dug deep and found that behind this seemingly simple account theft case, there may be an industrial chain suspected of illegally producing and selling game "plug-ins".
According to the clues provided by Yu, the police handling the case began to carry out online inspections on major game forums and online platforms. Sure enough, I found that some people posted sales advertisements on the Internet, recruited ** at all levels, and sold more than a dozen kinds of "plug-ins" of various games, which has formed a large-scale industrial chain.
Wipe out the criminal gangs
Comparable to the hand speed of professional players, flexible positioning, and extreme reaction speed, this is not the picture of the e-sports arena, but the operation of ordinary gamers who have opened the "plug-in" of AI games.
After investigation, the police found that the "plug-in" sold by the gang used the popular intelligent AI algorithm to simulate the real operation of the player by collecting the movements, expressions, and movements of the game characters, and cooperating with the self-made "DMA hardware hanging", etc., and cheated without touching the internal data of the game, which has stronger concealment. Once it was discovered that it was monitored and banned by the game operation team, the gang immediately iteratively updated the product and made new "plug-ins".
After a month of careful investigation and online tracking, the police successfully locked down the criminal gang headed by Wang. On September 13, Zhejiang, Chongqing and other places carried out the net collection action simultaneously. "Don't move, police!In a villa in Hangzhou, the police arrested 7 main members of the gang, and seized 10 desktop computers, 7 laptops, 11 mobile phones, as well as card password generators, "plug-in" sources, "plug-ins" auxiliary hardware, and semi-finished hardware. At the same time, the police handling the case arrested Wang, another major member of the criminal gang, in a certain community.
Development of downline illegal profiteering
After interrogation, the suspect Wang came into contact with shooting games in 2021, and because of his limited strength, his "performance" has not been able to improve, so he bought a "plug-in" on a certain platform, because the experience was good, Wang decided to "sell while fighting". He contacted the author of the "plug-in" program as a **, and developed the downline, established a company, developed **, and sold professionally.
The criminal gang concocted and rendered the so-called AI game "plug-in" undetectable, difficult to verify, and not afraid of banning the statement through social **, and sold "plug-in" programs and card passwords on WeChat, QQ and game platforms, and established a whole black and gray industry chain from production and publicity to sales and distribution, making huge profits from it, and the amount of money involved in the case was as high as more than 3,000 yuan in just over a year.
At present, the 10 criminal suspects involved in the case have been taken criminal coercive measures in accordance with the law, and the case is still being further investigated.
Author: Zeng Fangzhou, Cheng Xuan, He Junjun.