How to deal with "unboxing"?
2025 05/09
Open Box "evolved from" human flesh search "and is different from hackers'" human flesh search "targeting specific people or things. 'Open box' refers to the act of obtaining and publicly disclosing others' private data on online platforms through illegal means such as overseas social work databases, inciting netizens to engage in online violence or even offline harassment. "Social engineering database", full name of "social engineering database", is a database formed by hackers who obtain a large number of private data of unspecified individuals, including name, ID number, personal photo, mobile phone number, home address, email, password, social media account, whereabouts information, hotel check-in information, bank account information, vehicle information, etc., through illegal means such as attacking websites and defrauding users, and then integrate, analyze and centrally archive them. At present, "unboxing" has formed a low-cost, industrialized black industry chain. The initiator of "unboxing" can obtain different levels of privacy data in the social work database for tens, hundreds, or thousands of yuan. So, how should we deal with the situation of "opening the box"?
Don't panic when encountering "unboxing". Firstly, evidence should be fixed, screenshots and recordings should be taken to save infringing/illegal/criminal content, and information such as publisher and disseminator IDs, platforms, time, and content should be retained. The evidence of screenshots and recordings can be fixed by sending email attachments, or by using the "Rights Defender" app to obtain a "trusted timestamp" for fixation. If necessary, entrust a notary public to notarize the evidence. Notarization is also the most authoritative method for obtaining fixed evidence.
Secondly, you can file a complaint with the platform (Weibo, WeChat, Tieba, etc.) and request the platform to remove infringing/illegal/criminal content.
Again, if it involves harassment, threats, or property damage, you can report it to the Illegal and Bad Information Reporting Center of the Cyberspace Administration of China (12377) or report it to the police for handling.
Subsequently, in addition to tracking the handling of criminal offenses and administrative violations, based on the actual situation of the case, the victim can also pursue the civil tort liability of the responsible person.
Finally, due to the possible involvement of multiple parties such as the initiator, information provider, disseminator, and illegal platform in the process of "opening the box"; May involve numerous criminal acts such as infringing on citizens' personal information, illegally obtaining computer information system data, illegally controlling computer information systems, illegally utilizing information networks, assisting in information network criminal activities, insulting, defaming, provoking trouble, extortion, making obscene materials for profit, theft, fraud, etc; Minor cases that do not constitute a crime involve the determination of administrative responsibility of relevant parties; At the same time, it also involves claims of civil liability. Therefore, it is recommended that in the event of a "box opening", professional lawyers should be appointed to deal with it, in order to quickly eliminate the impact on the victims and effectively pursue the legal responsibilities of all parties responsible.
Don't panic when encountering "unboxing". Firstly, evidence should be fixed, screenshots and recordings should be taken to save infringing/illegal/criminal content, and information such as publisher and disseminator IDs, platforms, time, and content should be retained. The evidence of screenshots and recordings can be fixed by sending email attachments, or by using the "Rights Defender" app to obtain a "trusted timestamp" for fixation. If necessary, entrust a notary public to notarize the evidence. Notarization is also the most authoritative method for obtaining fixed evidence.
Secondly, you can file a complaint with the platform (Weibo, WeChat, Tieba, etc.) and request the platform to remove infringing/illegal/criminal content.
Again, if it involves harassment, threats, or property damage, you can report it to the Illegal and Bad Information Reporting Center of the Cyberspace Administration of China (12377) or report it to the police for handling.
Subsequently, in addition to tracking the handling of criminal offenses and administrative violations, based on the actual situation of the case, the victim can also pursue the civil tort liability of the responsible person.
Finally, due to the possible involvement of multiple parties such as the initiator, information provider, disseminator, and illegal platform in the process of "opening the box"; May involve numerous criminal acts such as infringing on citizens' personal information, illegally obtaining computer information system data, illegally controlling computer information systems, illegally utilizing information networks, assisting in information network criminal activities, insulting, defaming, provoking trouble, extortion, making obscene materials for profit, theft, fraud, etc; Minor cases that do not constitute a crime involve the determination of administrative responsibility of relevant parties; At the same time, it also involves claims of civil liability. Therefore, it is recommended that in the event of a "box opening", professional lawyers should be appointed to deal with it, in order to quickly eliminate the impact on the victims and effectively pursue the legal responsibilities of all parties responsible.
