Is the connection code illegal?

Legal analysis: the code receiving platform is illegal. The police have arrested 54 criminal suspects and seized more than 4 million sets of mobile phone numbers and verification codes illegally obtained on the code receiving platform through the "Cat Pool", involving more than 20 million yuan.

Legal basis: Cyber Security Law of the People's Republic of China.

Article 21 The State implements a network security level protection system. Network operators shall, in accordance with the requirements of the network security level protection system, perform the following security protection obligations, protect the network from interference, destruction or unauthorized access, and prevent network data from being leaked, stolen or tampered with:

(a) to formulate internal security management systems and operating procedures, determine the person in charge of network security, and implement the responsibility of network security protection;

(two) to take technical measures to prevent computer viruses and network attacks, network intrusion and other acts that endanger network security;

(three) to take technical measures to monitor and record the network operation status and network security incidents, and keep the relevant network logs for not less than six months in accordance with the regulations;

(four) take measures such as data classification, important data backup and encryption;

(5) Other obligations stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.

Forty-second network operators shall not disclose, tamper with or destroy the personal information they collect; Personal information shall not be provided to others without the consent of the person being collected. However, unless the specific individual cannot be identified after processing and cannot be recovered.

Network operators should take technical measures and other necessary measures to ensure the safety of personal information collected by them and prevent information from being leaked, damaged or lost. When personal information is leaked, damaged or lost, it shall immediately take remedial measures, inform users in a timely manner according to regulations, and report to relevant competent departments.

Article 60 Anyone who violates the provisions of the first and second paragraphs of Article 22 and the first paragraph of Article 48 of this Law and commits any of the following acts shall be ordered by the relevant competent department to make corrections and given a warning; Those who refuse to correct or lead to the consequences of endangering network security shall be fined between 50,000 yuan and 500,000 yuan, and those who are directly in charge shall be fined between 10,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan:

(1) Setting up malicious programs;

(2) Failing to take immediate remedial measures for risks such as safety defects and loopholes in its products and services, or failing to inform users in time and report to the relevant competent authorities in accordance with regulations;

(three) to terminate the provision of safety maintenance for its products and services without authorization.