黑产

黑產
hēichǎn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 cybercrime industry
  2. 2 black-market online industry
  3. 3 illegal online services

Examples

Hēichǎn měi nián zàochéng jùdà de jīngjì sǔnshī.
Cybercrime causes huge economic losses every year.
Hěn duō shuā dān xíngwéi shǔyú hēichǎn.
A lot of fake-order activity counts as cybercrime.
Gōngsī zhuānmén chénglì tuánduì dǎjī hēichǎn.
The company set up a dedicated team to fight cybercrime.

Tips

culture
Short for 黑色产业 (black industry). Covers phishing, bot farms, fake accounts, stolen-credential trading, SMS fraud. The parallel grey zone is 灰产 (huīchǎn).
usage
Tech/security jargon, now mainstream in news. Opposite is rarely used; 灰产 for borderline-legal is common.

Stroke Order

hēi
chǎn