Chinese hacker controls 157 domestic service company websites to become a "springboard" for pornography, using cryptocurrency to hide stolen money, sentenced to 4 years and 4 months BlockBeats News: On May 29th, the Qujiang District Court in Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, recently ruled on a hacker case of using government and enterprise websites as a pornographic platform. The defendant Zhou illegally controlled more than 150 servers (involving 157 domestic enterprises and well-known apps) through website vulnerabilities, implanted malicious files in batches, forcibly redirected to overseas pornographic websites, and sold control permissions for profit. To avoid tracking, Zhou rented a house and applied for a card using the identity of a relative or friend, and arranged for his accomplices to operate remotely in Cambodia and Laos. All stolen funds were settled in virtual currencies such as USDT and dispersed across multiple encrypted wallets. The procuratorate, together with the public security, traced the entire chain of the digital currency traceability system and ultimately seized virtual currency equivalent to more than 42 million yuan. Zhou withdrew more than 28 million yuan of illegal gains. On April 23, the court sentenced Zhou to four years and four months in prison and a fine for the crime of illegally controlling computer information systems. Zhou pleaded guilty and accepted the verdict, which has taken effect. Other individuals involved in the case are still under investigation. [Original link]