Ministry of Public Security： In 2021, more than 6.2 million Internet Navy accounts will be shut down.

CCTV News:On January 14th, the Ministry of Public Security held a press conference to inform about the work measures and achievements of deploying public security organs across the country to carry out the "Net 2021" special action.

At the meeting, Sun Jinfeng, political commissar of the Network Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, introduced that in recent years, various traditional crimes have accelerated to spread to the Internet, and cybercrime has become one of the major risks that endanger China’s data security, economic security and social security. In order to severely crack down on network crimes, ensure the healthy development of the digital economy and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people, in 2021, the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security deployed a "net net" special campaign nationwide for the fourth consecutive year. In accordance with the unified deployment of the Ministry of Public Security, local public security organs have carefully organized and arranged, adhered to the strategy of "full-chain crackdown and ecological governance", focused on highlighting illegal crimes and network chaos on the Internet, in order to open the way, promote management by fighting, and promote governance by management. In the whole year, more than 62,000 cases were investigated, with a year-on-year increase of 10.7%; More than 103,000 criminal suspects were arrested, a year-on-year increase of 28.7%; More than 27,000 illegal Internet enterprises and units have been punished by administrative punishment, which has effectively maintained the security of cyberspace and the stability of online order, and effectively enhanced the people’s online security, sense of acquisition and happiness.

First, crack down on crimes against citizens’ personal information in accordance with the law. In recent years, technologies such as big data and cloud computing have not only promoted network interconnection and convergence, but also increased the risk of information leakage. In this regard, China promulgated the Data Security Law and the Personal Information Protection Law, which provided a strong legal support for the protection of personal information security. Public security organs throughout the country insist on putting the people in the highest position in their hearts, holding high the sword of law, always maintaining a high-pressure and severe crackdown on crimes against citizens’ personal information, focusing on the new trend of crimes of selling citizens’ personal information online, keeping a close eye on hidden parts such as "dark nets" and making every effort to carry out investigations. In 2021, more than 9,800 cases of infringing citizens’ personal information were investigated and more than 17,000 suspects were arrested.

The second is to severely punish hacking crimes according to law. In recent years, driven by high interests, some people steal data for profit through intelligent and covert attacks, threatening the security of enterprises and personal data, and even threatening the security of key information infrastructure. In this regard, the public security organs insisted on taking the initiative, focusing on judging and fighting in groups. In 2021, they arrested 3,309 people who carried out hacking activities and provided them with tools, money laundering and other services, and eradicated 341 gangs that produced and sold Trojan viruses and developed attack software platforms, which effectively guaranteed the security of important information systems and networks and effectively protected citizens’ personal information.

The third is to crack down on eavesdropping and stealing photos in accordance with the law. In recent years, some lawless elements illegally produce special equipment for eavesdropping and stealing photos, and sell and spread them online, which is deeply hated by the people. In this regard, the public security organs organized a special crackdown and rectification campaign. In 2021, a total of 783 criminal suspects were arrested for secretly installing eavesdropping and photo stealing equipment, 13 dens for manufacturing and selling special equipment for eavesdropping and photo stealing were destroyed, and more than 4,100 related equipment and parts were seized. More than 34,000 illegal eavesdropping and photo stealing products were removed from the e-commerce platform.

The fourth is to severely crack down on illegal crimes such as illegal black public relations and "network water army" according to law. In recent years, with the rise of "flow economy" and "fan economy", the "network water army" has gradually evolved from the initial simple posting "irrigation" to the implementation of paid post deletion, false comments, disinformation and drainage, and extortion by fake news media, misleading the public and seriously disrupting online order. In this regard, the public security organs organized and launched a special campaign to crack down on the "network water army". In 2021, more than 200 related cases were investigated, more than 2,000 criminal suspects were arrested, more than 6.2 million accounts and 1,200 websites of the "network water army" were shut down according to law, 170,000 network groups were dissolved, and a large number of forged press cards, official seals and business licenses were seized, effectively purifying the network environment.

Fifth, crack down on cheating and illegal crimes in online organization exams according to law. Examination order is related to social fairness and justice and the vital interests of the broad masses of the people. In recent years, some illegal personnel organized cheating in exams and sold cheating equipment through the Internet, which undermined the fairness and justice of exams and infringed on the legitimate interests of candidates. To this end, the public security organs kept a close eye on all kinds of national examinations and organized special campaigns to crack down on "exam-aid". In 2021, more than 430 cases were investigated, more than 1,700 criminal suspects were arrested, more than 7,100 cheating candidates were investigated, and more than 4,600 pieces of cheating equipment were collected, creating a good environment for fair competition for the majority of candidates.

The sixth is to carry out in-depth "seedling protection" actions for young people. Protecting the physical and mental health of teenagers is related to the national hope and the future of the country. Guided by "purifying cyberspace and safeguarding healthy growth", the public security organs have further promoted the "seedling protection" action. In 2021, more than 300 criminal suspects were arrested for producing and selling obscene articles for teenagers, and 16 pornographic websites involving teenagers were eradicated; More than 12,000 key websites and apps, such as arranging and checking online education and games, 852 enterprises that violate laws and regulations by administrative punishment, and 2,609 enterprises that have been rectified within a time limit; Clean up more than 400,000 pornographic and vulgar literary works and more than 1.04 million pieces of illegal and harmful information to protect the physical and mental health of young people.

The seventh is to carry out in-depth early warning, prevention and crackdown on online crimes. In recent years, some strangers have used the Internet to meet and commit crimes, endangering people’s lives and property. In this regard, the public security organs insist on grasping the early and grasping the small, actively build a violent crime prevention mechanism, and provide real-time early warning for cross-regional network-related crimes. Since 2021, 232 vicious cases such as injury, kidnapping and robbery have been successfully prevented, and 327 suspects have been arrested, which has effectively cracked down on such crimes.

Eighth, carry out the "four breaks" action of key materials of cybercrime in depth. "Black card, black number, black line and black equipment" are the four key materials for the implementation of cyber crimes, and have become an important support for all kinds of cyber criminal gangs to avoid regulatory attacks. In this regard, the public security organs launched a "four-off" campaign in an all-round way, focusing on key targets such as card merchants, number merchants, and coding and receiving platforms. In 2021, more than 13,000 such cases were investigated, more than 31,000 criminal suspects were arrested, more than 3 million black mobile phone cards were cleared, more than 10 million network black numbers were shut down, 63 coding receiving platforms were destroyed, and "cat pools" were seized.

Nine is to carry out in-depth "four treatments" of the key black products of cybercrime. Illegal "payment and settlement", "advertising promotion", "website building facilities" and "technical support" are four key black industries supporting cyber crime. In order to effectively cut off the network interest chain, the public security organs focused on these four types of black industries and further promoted the "four treatments" action. In 2021, more than 6,000 illegal payment and settlement gangs were destroyed and more than 73,000 criminal suspects were arrested. At the same time, efforts were made to identify, block and clean up the illegal information of these four types of black industries, and more than 440,000 pieces of illegal information were inspected and disposed of, effectively preventing the spread of related criminal activities.

The tenth is to carry out the "four management" action of ecological management of key basic resources in depth. "Internet TV, online games and online information publishing platform" are the key parts of illegal and harmful information breeding on the Internet. In this regard, the public security organs took the "four-management" action as the starting point, and carried out ecological management for four key basic resources, namely, "Internet TV, online games, online information publishing platforms" and "dynamic IP agents". In 2021, more than 48,000 administrative law enforcement inspections were carried out, and 3,651 illegal website platforms were punished. Together with relevant departments, 11 online games with prominent gambling and obscene information were investigated and dealt with according to law.

In the next step, the national public security organs will adhere to the guidance of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, adhere to the overall concept of national security, adhere to the people-centered, adhere to the management of the network according to law, and always maintain a high-pressure strike-hard situation against all kinds of network crimes, thoroughly rectify the network black ash production and network chaos, continuously purify the network ecology, make every effort to create a clean and tidy network environment, strive to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the broad masses in cyberspace, earnestly fulfill the mission and tasks of the new era, and greet the party with excellent results.