Shenzhen teenager hacks into government website and demands 0.5 bitcoins

Hackers invaded government websites and openly demanded thousands of yuan worth of "Bitcoin" (a kind of online virtual currency). Although "Bitcoin" transactions are difficult to track, hackers still cannot escape the law in the end. Recently, the Jieyang police quickly took action and successfully solved a computer system sabotage case in three days, and arrested the suspect across the city.

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Jieyang police cracked a computer system sabotage case

On February 13, the government website of a bureau in the Airport Economic Zone was hacked. All key files were locked and could not be used. The other party also proposed that 0.5 "bitcoins" (about 3,350 yuan) must be paid to unlock the relevant files. If payment is not made, the price will be increased to 1 "bitcoin" after 4 days.

After receiving the case report, the leaders of the Municipal Public Security Bureau attached great importance to it and set up a special task force composed of the Municipal Public Security Bureau Cyber ​​Police Detachment and the Airport Public Security Bureau. They rushed to the scene to conduct investigation and evidence collection as soon as possible, and carried out a full-scale online investigation. After analysis and judgment, the criminal suspect was identified on the evening of the 13th.

On the evening of February 15, the police of the special task force successfully arrested the criminal suspect Lu (male, under 16 years old, from Luohu District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province) in Luohu District, Shenzhen City, and seized 2 computer hosts, 1 laptop and 1 mobile phone, 1 router and 2 USB flash drives at the scene. At present, the case is under further investigation.

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Damaging computer systems is punishable by law

The police said that cyberspace is not a lawless place, and any illegal or criminal behavior committed through the Internet will not escape legal sanctions. The police reminded that if the computer information system functions are deleted, modified, added, or interfered with in violation of national regulations, causing the computer information system to not operate normally, according to the provisions of the Criminal Law, if the consequences are serious, they will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention; if the consequences are particularly serious, they will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years. In addition, if you encounter illegal attacks, you must save the relevant data and report to the police in a timely manner to minimize the losses.

Reporter Pan Binbin Correspondent Zhou Shaomin