The incident surprised many people because the perpetrator was not a professional hacker, not an international high-tech crime organization, but a 10th grade student.
According to the investigating agency, N.H. A took advantage of security vulnerabilities to infiltrate the national immunization information system, collect personal data of people and then sell it to online groups to illegally profit more than 100 million VND.
Personal information is an input material for many types of high-tech crimes.
Online fraud, black credit, impersonation of state agencies, appropriation of assets or buying and selling bank accounts all need personal data to operate.
Therefore, selling personal data is not just about making money from information, but is an act of facilitating illegal activities behind it.
Therefore, whether the data seller directly commits fraud or not, the social consequences caused by this act are still very serious.
From this case, another question also needs to be raised, why could a 10th grade student penetrate the national immunization information system?
If investigation information determines that a security vulnerability is exploited, this is an issue that cannot be taken lightly.
The national health data system contains a large amount of personal information of people. This is a particularly important type of data that needs to be protected at the highest level.
Therefore, in addition to strictly handling violators, management agencies also need to comprehensively review security work, re-evaluate technical defense layers, overcome weaknesses and strengthen regular network security testing.
The story also sounded an alarm bell for the school and family.
Many students today are very good at technology. This is a welcome sign. But if we only teach skills without equipping them with legal knowledge and digital ethics, that ability may be used in the wrong direction.
Schools need to strengthen legal education on high-tech crime, online fraud, protecting personal data and citizens' responsibilities in cyberspace.
Class activities need to have more content on digital security, identifying tricks to recruit online collaborators, money laundering and illegal forms of making money.
The family cannot stand aside either.
When parents see their children spending a lot of time online, having unusual income or participating in shady online job groups, they need to pay attention, learn and guide them in a timely manner.
Many young people step into the path of crime from the simple thought that they are just "making money online".
