Beijing Evening News (Reporter Lei Zhang) Do you dare to install a camera at home? A person who has never studied computer can easily download the cracking software from the Internet, build a website, control hundreds of camera angles, and let members download the cracking software to peep at the privacy images in the cameras by collecting membership fees. Recently, Zhang Jinze, a 38-year-old defendant, was sentenced to 9 months’ imprisonment by Beijing Chaoyang Court for providing illegal control of computer information system programs for selling programs to crack camera systems online.
Zhang Jinze confessed that in May 2018, he saw a website selling software to make money on the Internet, so he wanted to open his own website to sell software that could look at cameras. Zhang Jinze has never studied computer, and used to do wall painting business, but he built a website called "H-Guest Alliance" through online self-study and downloaded a variety of software such as "Clairvoyance" from the Internet for sale.
"After users download the software, they can scan the camera online through these software, and then they can control the camera and see the pictures taken." On April 24 this year, Zhang Jinze was arrested in his hometown in Shandong. According to Zhang Jinze, users can see hundreds of camera angles through his website. These camera angles come from many countries, including China.
Cameras are installed in public places, such as shopping malls, and in personal homes. The perspectives are bedroom bed, living room, bathroom and bathroom, and you can even often see extremely private pictures.
Zhang Jinze’s website adopts membership system, with monthly VIP480 yuan, annual VIP980 yuan and lifetime VIP of 1,800 yuan. He even put the privacy picture taken by the control camera on the website to attract customers to register as members.
Zhang Jinze explained the working principle of these softwares in his confession. For example, "Clairvoyance" can automatically scan the camera in the IP segment. If the camera uses weak password’s account password, it can directly gain the control of the camera, not only see the pictures taken by the camera, but also remotely control the rotation of the camera. Another example is "Easy Eye". Once the camera in the IP segment is connected through the test, the user can see the picture in the camera through this software. Zhang Jinze said that there are many such softwares, such as "Interesting", "Cloud Vision" and "Kurome".
According to the situation ascertained by the court, from October last year to April this year, Zhang Jinze has accumulated more than 20 members through the above methods, and earned more than 10,000 yuan. This morning, the Chaoyang court sentenced Zhang Jinze to 9 months in prison and fined 10,000 yuan for the crime of illegally controlling the computer information system. The illegal income of more than 10,000 yuan was confiscated according to law. Zhang Jinze said that he would not appeal if he pleaded guilty. (Photo by Lei Zhang)