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“I installed a bulletproof server in an overseas bunker so I never get caught.”
The ‘Digital Prison’ site, which was guaranteed to never get caught up in the national investigation network by installing servers in bunkers in Eastern European countries, was suddenly shut down. When accessing this site after 12:00 noon on the 9th, an access permission error is displayed (‘403 Forbidden’ error). The digital prison was opened last March, saying that the judiciary systematically punished sex offenders with cotton bats after the incident in Room n, saying it would impose a “ harsher punishment on sex offenders. ” Meanwhile, the personal information of about 100 people suspected of being sex offenders has been released without adding or subtracting, sparking a controversy over “private punishment.” However, the operator side rather “installed the server overseas” and “requested a cool comment with the aim of committing suicide” and forced the site to work.
Closed the afternoon of the 8th without prior notice
It was on the afternoon of the 8th that the digital prison was completely abolished without prior notice. An average of 20,000 people are known to visit this site one day before closing. Specifically, the operator, who said he was ‘Director Park’, has trusted that he will be able to avoid internal investigations until shortly before closing. In an interview with a media, he stated: “I am free from investigations in a foreign country” and “in Korea, there are helpers in Busan and Daegu.” In fact, the operator of a digital prison has placed the site on a server abroad and has communicated with informants and assistants through Telegram and Instagram operated by foreign companies. The homepage of the digital prison is also registered in the Russian domain (.ru), as if it was intended to avoid police investigations.
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Twenties college student dead and fierce criticism
However, in the digital prison, a college student in her twenties, whose personal information was exposed on the site, died on the 6th and was covered in fierce criticism. Since then, there has been criticism in the Internet community: “Digital prisons that destroy other people’s lives without minimal verification must be closed.” Following. However, at this time, Mr. A, who claimed to be the operator of the digital prison, posted a “ digital prison notice ” on Telegram and faced criticism in some way. He said: “What hacker wants to catch a student, hack into a mobile phone number, join Telegram and commit a sex crime with that account?” And “If you show proof, I’ll write you.”
Police ask Interpol to help with investigation
However, as the police made a move to launch an investigation into this incident, the digital prison movement quickly changed as well. Immediately after the death of a university student, the police said: “We are investigating some operators.” After that, Mr. A, who claimed to be a digital prison operator, shut down Telegram and did not respond to any inquiries. On the 8th, the Korean Communications Commissioner Han Sang-hyuk joined the criticism on the 8th, saying, “(The digital prison) is a private punishment, and the content itself is defamation.” Another university professor revealed: “The digital prison manipulated the telegram conversation that I did not use and led me to a buyer of sexual exploitation.” On the 9th, the police went one step further and said: “We assume that some operators are located in State A” and “I will make a request to Interpol for investigation and cooperation.” Subsequently, Mr. A, who has been a digital prison operator, has closed Telegram and has not responded to any inquiries.
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Legal community, “high possibility of incarceration for operators”
Now, the focus is on whether the police can arrest the operator and attendants of the digital prison, which they claimed to be ‘Parque Mayor’. In response, the police launched an investigation last July to verify the operators’ server access logs and plan to determine the location by requesting cooperation with the investigation from State A later this week. In this regard, lawyer Jang Hee-jin (Jieum law firm) said: “Son Jeong-woo, who used the dark web, was also arrested,” he said. “If judicial cooperation between countries is well established, it can be captured.”
The legal profession predicted that “if the management team is captured, they will be jailed.” Representative Ahn Jin-woo (Dao law firm) said: “Even if you claim that there was public interest, there is a high probability that it will not be recognized. Even if the purpose is good, not all crimes are justified by the public interest. “. Lawyer Jang Hee-jin also said, “As there are innocent victims, you may have to take civil liability. Depending on the degree of involvement, accomplices or helpers can also be punished.”
Reporter Kyung-Hyun Kyung-Hyun [email protected]
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