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Mar 16, 2021 · Information Security

How a Baidu Engineer Bypassed Audits to Fraudulently Approve 735 Sites and Steal 3.7 M Yuan

A 1992‑born Baidu developer abused his system privileges, wrote scripts and used CURL commands to illegally approve hundreds of media sites—including gambling portals—through the company's ad‑network audit, resulting in a loss of 3.74 million yuan and a one‑year‑nine‑month prison sentence.