Using "cheating tools" to snatch tickets for profit, one person was prosecuted and four people were fined.

Recently, the police in Nantong, Jiangsu successfully dismantled a criminal gang using "cheating" technology to snatch tickets, effectively upholding social fairness and justice. The suspect Zhang developed and manufactured special ticket-snatching software, collaborated with Cai, Wu, Zhang, and Cai to snatch tickets and illegally gain over 80,000 yuan. Zhang used specific tools to bypass the ticket source website's server protection, illegally obtained core data stored in the server, and profited from it, suspected of committing the crime of illegally obtaining computer information system data. On March 3, 2026, the suspect Zhang was prosecuted. Cai, Zhang, Wu, and others have been administratively punished by the local public security organs based on their involvement in the case.