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China's first video game “AI cheating” lawsuit was handed down in public on Monday at the Yujiang District People's Court in Yingtan City, eastern China's Jiangxi Province. The defendant was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for illegally invading and controlling a computer system that interferes with the operation of a video game.
The defendant, whose surname was Wang, was found to have made money by creating and selling AI plug-in programs. In his 2022 he developed the plugin program in cooperation with other people such as Wan and Zhang. After completion, Mr. Wang used agents such as Mr. Chen and Mr. Zhang to sell the program and profit from the sale of passwords for “AI cheating” gift cards. Mr. Wang illegally obtained a total of more than 6.29 million yuan ($890,000), of which he paid 840,000 yuan for development costs and more than 420,000 yuan for production costs to Mr. Zhang.
According to police, so-called game cheating refers to the use of third-party software to program game modifiers with specific functionality. It mainly enhances the game character's skills by modifying the normal settings and rules of the game, allowing the character to demonstrate abilities beyond their normal limits. This is a type of malicious program that fundamentally destroys computer systems.
In Wang's case, he used an “AI cheating” program to illegally access the visual data of multiple games, altering the commands in the mouse data processed by video games, and causing “auto-aim” and “auto-fire” actions. It turns out that the following features have been introduced. ” This disrupts the normal gaming environment. The source code for this program intercepts mouse data instructions, computes and analyzes these instructions, and sends the computed results back to the computer's USB port to enable automatic movement and clicking of the computer's mouse pointer. was established in
Mr. Wang was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for five years, and was also fined. The illegally obtained proceeds and the instruments used in the crime were confiscated and handed over to the state treasury. Any remaining personal ill-gotten gains not yet confiscated will continue to be pursued. After the judgment, Mr. Wang decided to abide by the judgment and not appeal.
According to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, providing special programs or tools to penetrate or illegally control computer information systems, or providing such programs or tools to others who engage in such illegal activities. Knowingly providing a program or tool for intrusion is a crime. In serious circumstances, unlawfully taking control of computer information systems.
The court found that Mr. Wang had provided special programs and tools to penetrate or illegally control computer information systems, brought in large profits, and committed the crime, and that Mr. Wang had confessed and voluntarily committed the crime. The court rendered the above-mentioned judgment, stating that the admission and restitution of the illegally obtained profits were justified as being light. punishment.
Global Times
