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Wuhan police cracked

In Wuhan this year's first illegal control computer case

Someone in the computer of the E -sports Hotel

Install the "mining" program

As a result

Affect the normal operation of the hotel

What exactly is "mining"?

Virtual currency "mining" activity refers to the process of "miner" based on the open source software provided by the virtual currency system designer, providing a certain computer computing power. Through complex computer mathematics operations, the designer wants to get a specific solution. Specific "miners" can get virtual currency rewards. Common ones are Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monroe coins, EOS coins, etc.

Because the "mining" activity consumes a lot of electricity and increases carbon emissions, 11 departments including the National Development and Reform Commission issued a document in January 2022 to list the virtual currency "mining" as the elimination industry. , Clarifying virtual currency -related business activities is illegal business activities.

Virtual currency is not a real currency, and it exists in the online world in a digital form. Unlike traditional currencies, virtual currency in my country cannot be used in the market as currency, and investment and transaction virtual currencies are not protected by law. Virtual currency is not issued by the currency authorities. It does not have monetary attributes such as legal and mandatoryness, and does not have the legal status as the currency.

Virtual currency "mining" activity

What are the specific forms and hazards

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The expression of the virtual currency "mining"

"Mining" is the most direct way to obtain virtual currency. It uses the computer software and hardware system to perform a large number of algorithm operations. In short, the "miners" on the entire network can dig a "mine" together. Who will get virtual currency rewards. Therefore, "miners" need to work hard at the block and rely on consuming computing resources for operations. The entire "mining" activity is the process of calculating the production of virtual currencies through a dedicated "mining machine". Its expression forms have the following aspects:

的 The virtual currency "mining" enterprise disguised as a data center.

币 Enterprises and individuals who provide venue leasing such as "mining" activity enterprises engaged in virtual currencies.

取 Enterprises that obtain power supply through illegal means and engage in virtual currency "mining" activities.

形 Companies of "mining" in other hidden forms, Internet cafes, etc.

机 Hacker implanted the "mining" virus to the target host, remotely control the target host, and consumes a lot of host resources to help "mining".

Harm of virtual currency "mining" behavior

Virtual currency issuance and transactions are important applications in the field of blockchain finance, but relying on the underlying technology of blockchain, it has the characteristics of anonymity, non -quasi -entry threshold, and no legal fund sources. There are mainly the following aspects of the harm:

正 Disrupt the normal order of economic and financial. Virtual currency hype transactions disrupt my country's normal financial order, spawn illegal criminal activities, virtual currency has become a channel for money laundering, tax evasion, terrorist financing, and cross -border capital transfer. It threatens social stability and national security, and disrupts the normal order of economic and financial.

巨 Energy consumption is huge. High energy consumption and carbon emissions in mining activities have a great impact on my country's energy consumption dual control and carbon peak, carbon neutrality and targets, and increase the pressure of electricity safety supply to some areas in some areas of my country.

安全 There is great risk of cybersecurity. In order to obtain huge profits, the criminals were implanted in a large number of mining Trojan horses to control the virtual currency "mining" of the virtual currency of the victim's computer to make a serious threat to the victim's and its network security. increase. Especially for key units such as government, research institutes, schools, enterprises, etc., the "mining" Trojan horse. These behaviors not only affect the operation of related network terminal equipment, but also have a serious impact on their units' virtual hosting and local area network operations, which can easily cause data leakage or infection of viruses. It seriously affects the normal development of work, scientific research, teaching, operation, and management.

工 It is easy to become a criminal tool. The account of the virtual currency is anonymous. The outside world cannot know who is its holder, which is easy to become a tool for illegal transfer of assets and money laundering.

What laws will be violated in the "mining" activities of virtual currencies

On September 24, 2021, ten departments and other departments of the People's Bank of China issued the "Notice on Further Preventing and Disposing the Risks of Species of Virtual Currency Transactions", which clarified that virtual currency -related business activities are illegal financial activities, and virtual currencies do not have the same as legal currency. Legal status, overseas virtual currency exchanges provide services to residents in my country through the Internet that also belong to illegal financial activities. On the same day, the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments also issued the "Notice on the" Mining "activity of rectifying virtual currency" mining ", which clearly prohibited the development of" mining "of virtual currencies in any name. It is strictly forbidden to increase the investment and construction of new projects and accelerate the orderly exit of the stock projects.

Participating in the "mining" activities of virtual currencies will violate laws and regulations such as the "People's Republic of China Code" and "Circular Economy Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China" and "The People's Republic of China" and other laws and regulations.

Organize leading MLM crimes. The popularity of virtual currency such as Bitcoin has continued to heat up and the prices have continued to rise. Many people want to get rich through "mining", and more and more people are mining. Many, many illegal elements use this asymmetry of this kind of information to attract some people to join his organization with the concept of "mining" or "mining machine", and develop a certain level, continuously develop offline, implement organizations and leadership MLM activities crime.犯 illegal fund -raising crime. Some criminals have not qualified to invest in the banner of investing in "mining" and "virtual currency", and on the grounds of high returns or principles or principles, inspire investors who do not have professional knowledge to buy. Illegal fund -raising criminal activities.

系统 Destroy computer information system crimes. Take Bitcoin as an example. The core of Bitcoin lies in the key. It is the voucher that determines that the user holds Bitcoin. Once the key is lost, the virtual currency becomes a "dead coin" and will always be lost. Criminals often use hackers to remotely crack the computer, steal the legitimate Bitcoin keys to disrupt computer information system crimes by hackers.

罪 Fraud crime. Bitcoin's wealth effect is like a vortex, which constantly attracts investors who do not understand blockchain technology to join. Criminals use the information blind spots of investors' information to build overseas platforms promise to provide RMB and virtual currency exchange services. Closing platforms, cash out of the field; or providing false blockchain virtual currencies with Bitcoin or RMB, this behavior is often suspected of fraud.

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