Investigation on illegal activities of network water army： as long as money is given, all kinds of content will be distributed
"As long as you give money, all kinds of content will be sent."
Investigation on the illegal and criminal activities of the network water army: acting as a promoter and network hatchet man
Since May 2017, the Ministry of Public Security has deployed local public security organs to launch a nationwide cluster campaign against the "network water army", which has cracked more than 40 illegal and criminal cases involving a total amount of over 100 million yuan, arrested more than 200 criminal suspects, seized and shut down more than 5,000 online accounts suspected of illegal speculation, closed tens of thousands of illegal websites, and involved tens of millions of malicious online speculation information.
After three consecutive months of careful investigation, in July 2017, under the command of the Ministry of Public Security, 21 provinces and cities across the country launched a cluster network-closing operation against the "Sandaha" network water army case, and arrested 77 suspects, involving nearly 4 million yuan, and seized a large number of items involved, such as computers, mobile phones, mobile storage devices and bank cards. This case is the first case in China to use the website to carry out illegal post deletion and hype of the "network water army", and it is also the first national cluster campaign to crack down on the "network water army". The case involves a wide area, a large number of people, a complex network of relationships, and the criminal methods have distinctive characteristics of the network age.
"Sandaha" website connects employers and water army.
In April 2017, after a long-term investigation, Guangzhou Public Security Bureau dug up a "network water army" gang with the "Sandaha" website as the core, involving 21 provinces and cities across the country, and its business spread all over major online forums. By establishing a website platform to share resources and cooperate with each other, it formed an industrial chain of "paid post deletion, posting and irrigation" intermediary mode.
In the interview, the reporter learned that this website claims to be the largest online promotion service trading platform in China, a typical online public relations company website and the most representative "online water army" scale website, which can provide services such as keyword posting, negative public opinion public relations, brand and product marketing, soft text marketing, writing press releases, etc., and has established channels for publishing press releases with major mainstream websites.
"This website greatly facilitates employers and ‘ Water army ’ For the connection between them, the employer pays the deposit after releasing the task information, which is kept by the platform. After the water army receives the task, it is stamped with the qualified stamp after the employer’s assessment, and the platform pays the fee. " Police officer Liu of the network police detachment of Guangzhou Public Security Bureau said that among them, the platform accounted for 20% of the total profits, and the remaining 80% was obtained by the "water army" that completed the task.
Pay for deleting posts and seek high returns
Beginning in July 2016, the "Sandaha" website began to operate SMS forwarding business. "In order to be able to accurately deliver, they have mastered nearly 5 million personal information of citizens, covering most provinces in the country, with age and occupation classification." Police officer Liu said that the suspect Zhongmou contacted the SMS platform, added a little money after receiving the quotation, and reported the price to the customer to earn the difference.
The police investigating the case told the reporter that the channel to obtain citizens’ personal information is mainly that insiders in some industries use their positions and hackers to attack and then sell the information to those in need. "What you receive in your life ‘ Spam ’ Many of them are used after personal information is illegally obtained by others. "
Another main business of this website is to help the parties delete posts that are unfavorable to them. According to the size of the website, the fees range from 300 yuan to 3,000 yuan. The reporter learned in the interview that Zhang Mofei is the moderator of a website with a monthly salary of 4,000 yuan. His main job is to ensure that the first edition of the website is normal and clean the home page. "The first time I deleted a post was in 2015. Normally, a post is three or five hundred yuan. If it is more, it may reach 800 yuan to 1000 yuan." Zhang Mofei said that most of the posts that I deleted were complaints about product quality and peer blackmailing.
In the face of the reporter’s question about what conditions are needed to delete posts normally, Zhang Moufei gave an example. For example, a consumer complained that a product was not good and posted an opinion very gently. I can’t delete such posts. Only by making this post illegal can I have a chance to delete it, which requires someone to irrigate and post some yellow pictures and illegal advertisements, so that I have reason to delete it.
"There should be 20 in a month, and you can earn thousands of dollars more in a month at most." Zhang Mofei said that although I know that this matter is illegal, I am lucky and think that it is not easy to be found by picking and deleting. Now I regret it very much.
Police officer Liu said: "After deleting posts and blocking posts, we will evaluate the fees according to the customer’s situation after receiving the customer’s demand, and then find the forum moderator or company through layers of intermediaries ‘ The mole ’ Do the operation. In this process, each intermediary will charge an introduction fee of 50 to 100 yuan, forming a ‘ Wide coverage, long chain and complicated relationship ’ The industrial chain of paid post deletion intermediary model. "
The network water army is good at rumors and slanders.
The "network water army" often acts as two identities of "promoting people and pushing hands" and "network hatchet man", combining current news hotspots with netizens’ emotions, and achieving marketing purposes through "taking advantage of the situation" and "creating momentum". At the same time, some companies are keenly aware that it is more effective to maliciously slander and attack their opponents than to publicize themselves positively.
“‘ Network water army ’ Often, as long as the money is given, what kind of content is provided by the customer. " Police officer Liu, who handled the case, said that the price of some sensitive posts had to double, and high profits made them rush.
“‘ Network water army ’ It is generally engaged in illegal activities such as fabricating false information, defamation attacks, and illegal promotion, which seriously infringes on citizens’ personal and property rights. " Police officer Liu said that the "network water army" has a strong "network underworld" nature, which easily erodes the positive energy of the network and destroys the normal ecology of the network, often causing just netizens to dare not speak out.
Many police investigators said that the Internet has no national boundaries and provincial boundaries, relying on a network cable to "go to the network". The architecture is like a spider web, which is intertwined and complex, covering the whole country. However, the network is not without legal restrictions, and the majority of netizens should be careful not to touch the legal bottom line when using and enjoying the network.
The relevant person in charge of the Network Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security said that the successful detection of this case reflects the strong will of the public security organs to crack down on the "network water army" and rectify the cyberspace order according to law, and demonstrates the strength and determination of the public security network security department to crack down on network crimes and maintain network security. The public security organs will never tolerate illegal and criminal acts that endanger the network ecology and undermine network security and resolutely crack down on them according to law.
According to Xinhua News Agency