A defendant shall be punished by imprisonment for six months.

However, the execution of the above punishment shall be suspended for two years from the date this judgment becomes final and conclusive.

Punishment of the crime

On April 4, 2018, the Defendant informed the victim B of the method of trading virtual currency and came to know of the victim’s C ID and password, and knew that the said C ID and D ID, which is the Internet site of the victim, are identical to the victim’s virtual currency transactions, the Defendant used to arbitrarily release the virtual currency stored in the victim’s D account.

1. No person who violates the Act on Promotion, etc. of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection (Violation of Information and Communications Network, etc.) shall intrude on an information network without access

A. On May 16, 2018, at around 14:38, the Defendant infringed upon the C Account by using the victim’s ID and password, which was known in advance from the “F” bank located in Gangseo-gu Busan, Busan, without the victim’s permission, into “G” as the account of the victim’s C. From around that time to May 23:54, 2018, the Defendant infringed upon the victim’s account over 21 times in total, such as the list of crimes (1).

B. On May 28, 2018, the Defendant intruded into the D Account with the victim’s ID and the password changed without the victim’s permission at a place unknown to the Defendant’s mobile phone at least 23:50 on May 28, 2018, and then intruded into the victim’s above D Account two times in total from around that time to May 11:05, 2018.

2. No person who violates the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc. shall damage information by intrusion on an information and communications network without access authority.

A. On May 2018, the Defendant changed the password of the D Account by dividing the victim’s passwords into the victim’s above D account and receiving information necessary for the change of passwords from D to the victim’s above C account at a place not known at the end of May 2018.