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Chapter 1036 - 1036 999 The Crazy Sweep!

1036: Chapter 999: The Crazy Sweep!

1036: Chapter 999: The Crazy Sweep!

A stone causes a thousand ripples!

Wu Jie’s move was naturally earth-shattering when it finally came.

In this age where almost everyone has a smartphone and entertainment is prioritized to the point of death,

the internet brings convenience for communication and shopping, enriching people’s leisure activities while also providing criminals with opportunities.

Various black industries run rampant in the online world, plundering the wealth of billions of people.

Like taxing intelligence or harvesting leeks, wave after wave, crop after crop.

No gold is pure, no person is perfect.

Everyone has weaknesses: laziness, greed, lust, wishful thinking…

And when these weaknesses are exploited, when people are lured into spending excessively, tricked into fraudulent transfers, or conned in various ways, countless practitioners of black industries make a killing.

Internationally, the number of people engaged in cyber black industries is not tens of millions, then it is definitely several millions,

especially in those foreign places where internet regulation is lax.

Just pull a broadband cable, set up a server, create a website, and hire some staff.

You could run an online casino, create a short video website, or engage in various types of telecommunications fraud…

The moment there’s a hint of trouble, quickly shut down and move, then rise from the ashes elsewhere again.

Despite the related departments constantly stepping up propaganda efforts, pouring in a wealth of manpower and resources, and joining international initiatives to crack down,

the inherent weaknesses of billions cannot be completely changed.

People keep falling for scams, and these cyber black industry practitioners continue to flourish undeterred.

However, tonight…

Many cyber black industry practitioners faced their ‘Act of God.’

Under Wu Jie’s command, the Security Bureau’s cybersecurity department coordinated this ‘Blackout Operation’ with unprecedented speed, intensity, diversity of methods, and terrifying effectiveness…

creating records like never before.

Whether the cyber criminals were luring the public with lewd videos, deceiving them with promises of meetups with beautiful women, or trapping them in online gambling scams…

Every deceptive method relied on internet or phone contact, which gave the AI program Blue Planet the chance to monitor and eavesdrop.

It integrated four supercomputers, boasting nearly a hundred quintillion floating-point operations per second.

Thus, no matter what software was used, no matter the network operator, no matter how many disguises were employed, no matter how funds were split across numerous accounts…

none could escape ‘total investigation.’

As a result,

What they talked about with victims or clients, the methods used to receive payments, where the funds flowed…

None of this was a secret!

Of course,

All the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit!

The black industry practitioners who study human nature, set traps, work from dawn to dusk, and take risks, they too have invested wisdom and labor, and their ultimate goal is naturally to make money.

So, for them, money is the most important thing.

With one move, Wu Jie had frozen every one of their illicit profit and money-laundering accounts.

The results of their hard labor were now immobile, a single cent could neither be transferred nor withdrawn; what could they do now?

Moreover, the phone numbers and software accounts they used were all suspended, impossible to log into.

These black industry workers, of course, couldn’t possibly use their own identity cards to process various transactions.

For instance, those who specialized in money laundering.

The funds they obtained would generally be deposited into thousands upon thousands of bank accounts.

Then, designated individuals would quickly withdraw cash from ATMs nationwide.

And obviously, these large numbers of bank accounts couldn’t possibly all be opened using their own identity cards.

Most were hackers who stole citizen information in massive quantities and then, with the help of insiders within banks, set up numerous accounts without the knowledge of many.

Additionally, there were plenty of victims of theft, with their wallets stolen along with their ID cards and bank cards, which facilitated the misuse of identities.

However…

Wu Jie had now frozen all their accounts, rendering the funds impossible to transfer or withdraw.

To unfreeze the funds, one would need to go to the respective bank in person with an ID card…

But how could they have thousands or tens of thousands of ID cards?

Non-owners conducting transactions at bank counters would never be recognized!

So it’s as if the account balances were forever out of reach, potentially allowing the rightful owners to report and recover the frozen funds.

To stand in the way of someone’s livelihood is akin to killing their parents!

This move by Wu Jie was like a death sentence, dealing a massive financial blow to the black industry workers.

And beyond the financial losses, the data merchants suffered even more.

Raising accounts is no easy task.

Nowadays, registering an account on any website or software platform requires real-name registration and phone number binding.

Data merchants buy massive amounts of citizen identity information and corresponding phone numbers, then fraudulently register on a large scale.

After successful registration, they invest significant time to cultivate these accounts.

For instance, social media accounts must engage in various activities: adding friends, chatting online, posting on social media, grabbing red packets…

all the operations a normal user should have, these false accounts did as well, in order to blend in with real ones.

Thus, each mature account represents a substantial investment of time and cost.

The matured accounts are quite valuable, easily selling for a hundred or two hundred yuan apiece.

Not to mention their use in scams, which represents even greater economic value.

So what happened?

Wu Jie’s strike was a devastating blow.

It didn’t matter if they were mobile or landline numbers, communication apps or information accounts; all varieties of accounts were suspended.

One or two accounts being frozen might have been inconsequential, but these data merchants often dealt with thousands or even tens of thousands of accounts.

Years of hard work undone in a single night, back to square one?

Wasn’t that nurturing them for nothing?

Without the accounts, they could no longer engage in cyber black market work.

Like those data merchants who undertook jobs like boosting data for clients, they suddenly couldn’t provide the service, not only losing the chance to make money but potentially having to pay compensation as well.

And what was even more serious…

The intensity of Wu Jie’s investigation was ferocious; it was an unrestricted, unconstrained ‘extermination.’

Those involved in the cyber black industry, regardless of the methods they used to make money, would ultimately use it for personal consumption.

Buying houses, cars, luxury goods, and so on always leaves some traces.

Wu Jie’s unrestricted investigation led him across major websites, banks, telecommunications providers, and large corporate servers – practically rendering their defenses useless.

If there was authorized data, he shared it directly.

If not, he simply hacked in.

Either way, he unraveled the threads, finally exposing the true identities of those behind the black industry.

And through the Skynet System, he conducted big data network analysis.

This time,

he had everyone’s names, places of origin, ID numbers, and other basic information at his fingertips, while their communication records, daily expenses, travel movements, and financial situations were all crystal clear.

Combining this information, he created a massive database of online criminals.

The database was incredibly detailed, including current addresses and various pieces of criminal evidence.

Wu Jie sent this database, batch by batch, to the law enforcement authorities in the suspects’ locations for overnight action.

In the bleak autumn, as the temperature cooled, it was the perfect season for “community warmth visits and water meter checks”.

Of course, this wasn’t about delivering care, but instead, a set of special silver bracelets and a small, dark cell.

Confess and be lenient, resist and be strict.

On this cold night, many were destined to be wide awake through the night.

…

In the dead of night,

the “Operation to Eradicate the Underworld” was in full swing.

The operation had a huge impact and yielded great results.

Of course, as the head of the Security Bureau, Zheng could not turn a blind eye or deaf ear.

A phone call came in to Wu Jie, not to reprimand him, but to plead for leniency.

“Brother, your operation this time… this time you really caught countless people off guard and left many without a leg to stand on!” Zheng said with a bitter smile.

The operation was good, but could you please give me a heads-up next time?

Otherwise, it puts me in a very passive position!” he requested.

Wu Jie laughed heartily, “I originally intended to just clean up a bit, target those data merchants who fabricate and create a bad influence.

I just wanted to purify the network, but little did I expect…”

Zheng snorted, “You didn’t expect pulling out one radish would bring up the whole mud, and now it’s gotten out of control, is that it?”

Wu Jie chuckled and retorted,

“Do you think the ‘Operation to Eradicate the Underworld’ can stop now?

I thought this black industry on the web wouldn’t be too extensive, but who knew, it’s damn terrifying!”

The fruits of the operation were displayed on the big screen before them.

So far, they had wiped out tens of thousands of websites involved in pornography, gambling, piracy, fake investment and financing platforms, sealed nearly a hundred thousand illegal bank accounts, and banned over a million software platform accounts…

The data was shocking, and the amount of dirty money was enormous.

Zheng on the other end of the line was both happy and worried.

He was happy because Wu Jie had accomplished something that had seemed impossible.

Across websites, industries, fields, and borders…

Previously, eradicating online black industries was a monumental task.

The data from different sectors did not integrate well, and international legal cooperation was fraught with difficulties.

For those black industries based overseas, whether they were running gambling operations or conducting scams, they preyed on domestic citizens.

Once they succeeded, they quickly transferred and cashed out funds, while the criminal elements remained hidden abroad.

By the time domestic victims reported crimes, and the relevant departments filed cases and investigated, it was often too late to issue requests for international collaboration…

By the time this formal process was completed, the criminals had already made their move.

Even when getting local cooperation and going to make arrests, it was extremely difficult, given the unfamiliarity with the territory and the extreme cunning of the criminals, who would change locations and identities at any sign of trouble to start anew elsewhere.

But this time was different.

In the online world, Wu Jie was the King.

There was no server he couldn’t hack into, no defense software that could stop him.

No matter if there was authorization or where the server was located, regardless of which industry or country it belonged to.

Wu Jie could easily get hold of any data he wanted.

Thus, he managed to ‘strike unexpectedly, hitting them where they were unprepared’.

While countless online black market operators were still in shock, he quickly took action and launched a large-scale, rigorous crackdown and ban.

Even if they were hiding abroad and couldn’t be caught right away, all their domestic accounts were being banned and frozen.

Without money, they couldn’t hide anywhere.

Money, money, money, is tied to life.

Wu Jie had frozen the assets of millions of black industry operators at home and abroad, along with hundreds of billions of illegally acquired funds.

As time went on, even more money was frozen, and many criminals’ domestic properties, cars, stocks, and so on were also seized.

Zheng was thrilled with such abundant results.

But he also worried whether Wu Jie’s swift and fierce crackdown could harm the innocent.

After all, countless accounts on major websites and software platforms had been crazily banned, amounting to tens of millions.

Surely, not all of them could be guilty?

Could there be any misjudgments?

Furthermore, among the tens of thousands of frozen bank accounts, were all the funds criminal proceeds?

Most importantly…

Such a large-scale crackdown had affected the economic interests of many.

If it was just under the name of the Security Bureau, those criminals wouldn’t dare to do much.

But Wu Jie was quite an anomaly this time, as he even posted a notice across the entire web and all platforms.

Letting the whole world know that this operation was personally planned and executed by Wu Jie.

Already famous, Wu Jie was now letting people know for the first time that he was also the head of the cybersecurity department.

Such high-profile!

Such craziness!

This was bound to earn so much animosity!

Zheng’s greatest concern now was that those criminals who had suffered heavy losses would be so furious that they might seek mad revenge.

Wu Jie could be at risk of deadly retaliation at any moment…