Capture 15 criminal suspects, cyber police cracked the case of being stolen due to simple payment passwords.

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21/08/2025
Recently, the Yantai public security network security department successfully solved a case in which a payment account was stolen due to the payment password being too simple. Recently, the Yantai public security network security department received multiple reports from the public that their online payment platform accounts had been stolen and nearly ten thousand yuan had been fraudulently charged. After analysis and judgment, 15 criminal suspects led by Zhang and Wang were successfully arrested. It was found that the criminal gang illegally obtained users' online payment platform accounts and personal information, and exploited the vulnerability of users' online payment platform payment passwords being too simple to crack the passwords multiple times and steal the funds in the accounts. Currently, Zhang, Wang, and others have been taken into custody in accordance with the law, and the case is under further investigation.