Police in China have renewed efforts to crack down on illegal online scalping in certain sectors, including museum ticket sales, specialist outpatient appointments, sales of expensive liquors and platform subsidies to maintain market order and social equality. Over the past few years, illegal plug-ins, stolen personal information and fake orders and reviews have hampered customers’ legitimate accesses to high-demand social resources and clouded their judgement with fabricated data, causing immeasurable damage to public interests. However, unlike traditional scalping, crimes in cyberspace rely on encrypted codes, changeable IP addresses and AI forecast programs, which have been particularly hard to target and follow. Besides, there are many more criminals involved. Some scalpers were arrested and sentenced. Still, legal experts call for an improved cybersecurity protection system to guard against bots and AI-based deceptions.
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