157 Government and Enterprise Websites and Well-Known Apps Used as "Stepping Stones" for Pornography; Hacker Concealed Illegal Gains with Cryptocurrency, Sentenced

Odaily News According to a prosecution by the Qujiang District People's Procuratorate of Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, on April 23, the court sentenced the defendant Zhou to four years and four months in prison for the crime of illegally controlling computer information systems, along with a fine. Zhou accepted the verdict, and the judgment has now taken effect. Exploiting website security vulnerabilities, Zhou illegally gained control of over 150 servers between August 2023 and June 2025, causing the links generated by these servers to automatically redirect to overseas pornographic websites. He then resold these access rights for profit, affecting 157 government and enterprise websites and well-known apps.

All of Zhou's illegal gains were settled in cryptocurrencies such as USDT and TRX, and were dispersed and concealed across multiple encrypted wallets.