Is it illegal to attack fraudulent websites?

Whoever violates the law, illegally invades the computer information system, or violates state regulations, invades the computer information system in the fields of state affairs, national defense construction and cutting-edge science and technology shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention. The conviction of online fraud is based on the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Fraud. Its specific content is to publish false information by sending short messages, making phone calls or using the internet, radio and television, newspapers and magazines. Whoever commits fraud against an unspecified majority may be given a heavier punishment as appropriate according to the crime of fraud.

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Article 285 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), in violation of state regulations, illegally intrudes into computer information systems, computer information systems of state affairs, national defense construction and cutting-edge science and technology, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention.

The crime of illegally obtaining computer information system data and illegally controlling computer information system violates state regulations, invades computer information systems other than those specified in the preceding paragraph, or obtains data stored, processed or transmitted in computer information systems by other technical means, or illegally controls computer information systems. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.

Whoever provides programs or tools for invading or illegally controlling a computer information system, or knowingly provides programs or tools for others to invade or illegally control a computer information system, if the circumstances are serious, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Where a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding three paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the persons who are directly in charge and other persons who are directly responsible shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs.

Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Fraud Article 2 Whoever cheats public or private property to the amount standard specified in Article 1 of this Interpretation and has any of the following circumstances may be given a heavier punishment as appropriate in accordance with the provisions of Article 266 of the Criminal Law:

(1) Sending short messages, making phone calls or publishing false information through the Internet, radio and television, newspapers and magazines, etc., defrauding an unspecified majority;

(2) defrauding disaster relief, emergency rescue, flood control, special care, poverty alleviation, immigration, relief and medical funds and materials;

(three) fraud in the name of disaster relief fund-raising;

(four) defrauding the disabled, the elderly or the disabled;

(5) Causing the victim to commit suicide, mental disorder or other serious consequences.

If the amount of fraud is close to the standards of "huge amount" and "extremely huge amount" as stipulated in Article 1 of this Interpretation, and it falls into one of the circumstances as stipulated in the preceding paragraph or belongs to the ringleader of a fraud group, it shall be deemed as "other serious circumstances" and "other particularly serious circumstances" as stipulated in Article 266 of the Criminal Law respectively.