Insider of Volume Boosting Platforms: Traffic Fraud Industry Chain
1、 Precise division of labor in the industrial chain
Upstream technology supply: In the “ghost traffic” black industry exposed in 2025, hackers built a botnet by hijacking IoT devices (such as smart cameras), which can simulate millions of real clicks in a single day.
Midstream platform operation: the volume scanning platform clearly marked the price (such as 1 yuan/1000 Tiktok fans), and some platforms even provided “monthly package” to form large-scale services.
Downstream demand side: MCN institutions and e-commerce merchants are the main customers, and a certain internet celebrity live streaming room has been exposed for artificially increasing the number of viewers by 17 times the actual data through brushing volume.
2、 Technical camouflage and counter reconnaissance
Dynamic IP Pool: Utilizing cloud servers to automatically switch IP addresses and avoid platform risk control.
AI simulation behavior: using machine learning to mimic human browsing trajectories (such as dwell time and sliding speed), making it difficult for algorithms to identify fake data