Reporters undercover "online class intrusion" group conducts investigation "online class blasting" is filthy and suspected of illegal crimes
Recently, a history teacher surnamed Liu, the No. 3 Middle School in Xinzheng City, Henan Province, passed away at home after taking online classes.
According to the videos and pictures provided by Mr. Liu's family members, during Mr. Liu's online class, harsh music was deliberately played in the live broadcast room, and there were malicious threats from troublemakers, and all kinds of words were unbearable.
At present, the Xinzheng Municipal Public Security Bureau, Education Bureau, Cyberspace Administration and other departments have established a joint investigation team, and the investigation results will be announced to the public.
On the Internet, the act of invading an online class and disrupting it is called "an online class blasting" or "an online class intrusion".
Online class participants leaked online class meeting numbers and passwords, and then the troublemakers systematically "invaded" the online classroom, maliciously disrupting teaching by forcibly bullying the screen, swiping the screen with harassing information, even insulting teachers and students, and playing indecent videos. order.
"Intruders" are called "Demons".
In order to analyze the causes and harms of "bombing of online classes" and explore ways to rectify it, the reporter conducted an in-depth investigation and interview.
□ Our reporter Zhao Li
"We were in class when suddenly someone shouted, 'Teacher, I want to go to the toilet', then a sharp siren sounded, a bunch of messes popped up on the screen, and a boy started swearing directly, and the scolding was particularly unpleasant. The teacher did not Fa kicked them all out at once, and finally had to end the online class early." This is an online class experience of Shanghai student Xiao Xia in September this year.
Similar situations have been frequent.
The reporter learned from a recent interview that since the start of the new semester, the incident of "bombing of online courses" has occurred frequently.
On some online platforms, many bloggers claiming to be professional "blasting" released videos saying that all major online conference rooms and online office platforms can be "blasted", and the related services are called "Dream Tears", "Bobo", "Pig" Pig Man" and so on.
In the online class of Mr. Liu from Xinzheng No. 3 Middle School, a troublemaker known as "Dream Tears" appeared.
A number of interviewed experts said that the "bombing of online courses" not only disrupted the public order of online platforms, but also brought actual harm to many people. It is no longer as simple as doing a pornographic class. If it is a "hacker" to crack the network Classroom account passwords organize troublemakers to enter, or troublemakers abuse others and cause serious consequences, and may also be suspected of criminal crimes.
At present, the chaos of "online class blasting" needs to be rectified and targeted.
"Online class blasting" incidents occur frequently
Seriously affect the teaching order
The reporter saw that in the recording of the online class about Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu was lecturing, and suddenly a piece of music was inserted, a white panel appeared on the screen, and someone typed: "What are you looking at? I'm Menglei. Thank you for the meeting No." Accounts "XX Taimei" and "Ultimate ××××" repeatedly joined online courses, constantly played loud music, and swears at Teacher Liu.
Many interviewed students told reporters that the original meaning of "Meng Lei" refers to the game ID "Dream Tears" of the professional players of "Honor of Kings", but in "Online Class Blasting", it has been given different meanings, many The troublemakers who invaded the online class disrupted the classroom with the avatar or name of "Meng Lei" and audio, causing some teachers to "get nervous when they see 'Meng Lei'."
In fact, the current hacking and "blasting" of online courses is not an exception.
On September 6 this year, students from Shenyang Urban Construction College were maliciously intruded by others during their online classes. Some people turned on the microphone and played songs, and even swiped "Teacher, I like you" on the public screen.
The teacher called for a stop several times to no avail, and the teaching order was seriously damaged.
Xiaowei, a high school student in Shenzhen, Guangdong, is also a victim of the "bombing of online classes".
According to her recollection, in an online class not long ago, a troublemaker with the online name "Meng Lei" suddenly rushed out and screamed strangely. Then there were more than a dozen people in the online classroom, and they kept making noise, putting a video on the teacher's screen. Dropping, constantly swiping the screen, and the language is extremely vulgar.
"In the eyes of some young people who are familiar with online culture, this may not be a serious matter, and it is enough to kick the troublemakers out of the online classroom in time. However, for some teachers who are older or not familiar with network operations, this may be a problem. The scene will be more embarrassing." Teacher Song of the junior middle school of a school in Beijing Xicheng told reporters that the teacher was inexplicably humiliated and hurried in front of the whole class, which was a great harm to his self-esteem.
"Although the relationship between the unfortunate sudden death of a teacher in Xinzheng, Henan Province and the 'bombing of online classes' has yet to be confirmed, it is completely conceivable to think about her helplessness in the face of 'bombing of online classes'." Teacher Song said .
The cause of the explosion is more complicated
Some students invite people to make trouble
Entering the online classroom and meeting room requires an account number and password. How do these troublemakers know?
The reporter investigated and learned that some of the sources of account numbers and passwords were cracked by hackers. They formed social groups to exchange information and technologies that invaded online courses;
Xiao Wang, who lives in Tianjin, has a younger brother who has just entered the third year of junior high school. Since the beginning of September this year, his younger brother's online classes have been frequently "exploded". After in-depth observation, Xiao Wang found that his younger brother was actually a participant in the "Internet class blasting".
Xiao Wang recalled that once his younger brother was taking a math class online, there was a sudden loud music sound and the word "scroll" on the screen. The teacher was so disturbed that he finally closed the class.
Seeing that her brother was a little gloating about misfortune, she kept an eye on her and found that her brother had joined the "Online Class Invasion" group.
"My younger brother met the members of this group on a short video platform. My younger brother didn't want to take classes, so he posted the meeting number and time of his online class, and joined the 'demolition group'. In order to expand the 'demolitionist', this group has long been Recruiting people, in order to prevent 'inner ghosts', you must contact the auditor before applying to join the group." Xiao Wang said.
In response to the "intrusion of online classes", more and more schools have begun to take preventive measures. In addition to requiring teachers to change the online meeting number in time, open waiting rooms, and require students to enter the meeting with real names and turn on cameras and other preventive measures, some schools also Prevent "online class intrusion" by changing online teaching platforms, transcribing and broadcasting live classes, and teaching in chat groups.
But many times the effect is not obvious.
"If it is a technical problem, it is easy to solve. These video conference platforms will have risk control to prevent password enumeration 'exploding'. The problem is that someone in the know sends the video conference time and conference number to the so-called 'order receiving team' .” A network security expert said in an interview with the media that the reasons for the “bombing of online classes” are more complicated. Some students are disgusted with online classes, and they themselves or invite “demolitionists” to make troubles, so as to achieve the purpose of making online classes pornographic; Some are students who have conflicts among themselves and take public revenge in this way; others are pure pranks.
So, does "bombing of online classes" belong to cyber violence?
Li Huaisheng, director of the Institute of Cyber Law at China University of Political Science and Law, said that cyber violence has a very clear direction, that is, it will cause very real and direct harm to a person's legal rights.
It can be seen that "bombing of online classes" is a kind of cyber violence.
Share the blasting results in the group
Most of the members are minors
In order to gain an in-depth understanding of the operation method of "online class blasting", the reporter recently joined an "online class intrusion" group with 178 people and saw that most of the group members were "post-00s", and men accounted for over 70%. This group will regularly clear inactive members."
Within 3 minutes after the reporter entered the group, 5 online meeting numbers were continuously updated in the group, and two news of "successful blasting" came.
From morning to night, the news in the group has been uninterrupted, not uploading online meeting numbers, class numbers, or sharing their "victory results" with pictures or videos, discussing what nickname should be used for the next invasion, what tricks to play, and how to do it. Make fun of teachers and classmates.
Someone asked "how to put porn", and someone immediately uploaded the method; someone said that a beheading video was posted in the last "Blast", and then someone responded "I want it".
Others were worried that the online class teacher would call the police, while the group members were relieved that "the police don't care" and "talk about you if you are under 14".
A total of 16 people participated in the "Blasting Action" for a Chinese class in the third grade.
When I entered the online classroom, the teacher was in class, and the "Demons" were impatiently destroying—
Brush the shared screen with a blue paintbrush, scribble with pens of various colors, and the handwriting completely covers the PPT; the public chat area is full of foul language, and some people even use the name of a student to insult; play vulgar Music, a "demolitionist" suddenly turned on the microphone and sang loudly, and insulted the teacher.
Faced with the sudden disturbance, the teacher asked several times, "Which class are you from?" and scolded "leave the meeting room immediately", but the troublemaker turned a deaf ear, and the noisy laughter and cries drowned out the teacher's voice to maintain order.
During this period, a student Kai Mai reminded the teacher to "mute all members" and "kick them out of the meeting", but the teacher was in a hurry in the face of the sudden disruptive behavior, and he didn't know how to deal with it, and the scene was chaotic.
After seven or eight minutes of trouble, the "Demons" walked away.
Returning to the "Online Class Invasion" group, the "demolitionists" were still not satisfied, talking about the overall victory of the "demolition" operation with gusto, and proudly sharing the "battle situation" with the group members, saying "other teachers have encountered this kind of In this situation, she can calmly open a ban, she can't even ban all the staff, she was so anxious that she was about to cry", threatening "the next time I meet her, I'll give her the computer."
Rectify the phenomenon of "online class blasting"
Related social groups are blocked
Disrupting the teaching order and insulting the teacher's personality, many people can't help but ask: Is "bombing of online classes" suspected of breaking the law?
According to Weng Xiaoping, a partner of Jingjing Law Firm, "Online Class Blasting" is involved in various crimes: insulting and slandering teachers, blatantly demeaning others, destroying others' reputations, and the circumstances are serious, which may constitute crimes of insult and slander; Taking "Internet violence" to maliciously interfere with the order of online classrooms may constitute the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble; disseminating obscene and pornographic videos may be suspected of disseminating pornographic materials; disseminating violent and terrorist content videos may be suspected of advocating terrorism, extremism, incitement committing terrorist activities.
"If the online classroom is invaded by hacking technology, the classroom password is cracked through technical means, and the pop-up screen is controlled, etc., it may be suspected of illegal intrusion into the computer information system." Weng Xiaoping said that participants under the age of 14 can be ordered to Parents or other guardians shall be disciplined; when necessary, special correctional education shall be conducted according to law.
Zhao Zhanzheng, a special researcher at the Intellectual Property Center of China University of Political Science and Law, said that if students share the account and password of the online classroom, the troublemaker can enter through the account and password, and this way of entering does not involve any crime.
"But after entering the online classroom, insulting teachers and students in the classroom will involve reputational infringement. If you play music, make trouble, make a scene in the online classroom, and affect the normal online teaching order, it will involve a violation of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, and the circumstances are serious. It involves a criminal offense." Zhao Zhan said that according to relevant judicial interpretations, cyberspace is a public place, and making trouble in cyberspace is of the same nature as making trouble in a public place as mentioned in the Criminal Law.
A number of interviewed teachers pointed out to reporters that at present, some middle-aged and elderly teachers are not skilled enough in network applications and are unable to prevent "Internet class blasters".
In this case, the online course platform needs to take responsibility. By setting "one-click clearing" for unidentified accounts, etc., the threshold for intrusion is raised. Schools may also consider arranging specialized network technicians to assist teachers in maintaining online teaching order.
"Online class blasting" has attracted the attention of social platforms and Internet police.
Shenzhen Internet Police once voiced and forwarded the "Common Guide!"
Online Classroom "Break-Proof" Guide".
In the guide, Tencent Conference provides a variety of pre-conference settings to ensure the security of online classrooms and meet the teaching needs of various scenarios such as classrooms, seminars, and defense.
On November 3rd, when reporters searched for "online class blasting" on social platforms, they would be prompted to "care for teachers and students, abide by the classroom order, and let us protect the pure land of online learning together."
On the same day, the "Online Class Invasion" group that the reporter once joined was blocked.
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