In a fiercely competitive market, if companies use unethical network means to weaken their competitors' market position, it will not only harm the interests of their competitors and destroy the fair competition environment in the market, but also be detrimental to their own sustainable development in the long run. However, there are indeed some such behaviors that bad companies may take, such as: - **Malicious network attacks** - **Creating and spreading negative false information**: hacking into competitors' official websites to tamper with content, or using online water armies to organize and publish defamatory articles and rumors on major platforms to discredit competitors' corporate image, product quality, service level, etc. For example, fabricating that there are serious quality and safety problems with competitors' products will cause consumers to fear and distrust them, and thus turn to themselves. - **Launch DDoS attacks**: Send a large number of requests to competitors' network servers, causing server overload and network paralysis, making their websites unable to access normally, forcing business operations to be interrupted, causing significant economic losses and business impacts to competitors. - **Violation of trade secrets** - **Network theft**: Using network technical means, such as implanting Trojan programs, scanning and exploiting network vulnerabilities, etc., to illegally obtain competitors' trade secrets, including product development plans, customer lists, marketing strategies, etc., so as to make early arrangements and launch similar products or targeted competitive strategies. - **Insider bribery and information leakage**: Bribing key information insiders of competitors through means such as interest temptation, obtaining confidential information and then spreading or using it on the Internet to gain competitive advantage. - **False transactions and word-of-mouth manipulation** - **Fake orders and fake reviews**: Companies themselves or hired fakers create the illusion of inflated sales through fake transactions, and at the same time publish a large number of fake reviews to improve the ranking and reputation of their own stores or products on e-commerce platforms. They also use technical means to generate fake accounts in batches, simulate real user purchase behavior and evaluation content, and mislead consumers to choose themselves instead of competitors. - **Malicious negative reviews of competitors**: Using improper means to give a large number of malicious negative reviews to competitors' products or services, reducing their credibility and attractiveness in the minds of consumers and affecting their sales performance. - **Interfering with competitors' online marketing** - **Malicious keyword blocking**: Using search engine optimization (SEO) technology, set a large number of malicious blocking keywords related to competitors, making it difficult for competitors' websites to display normally when users search for related keywords, while their own websites get more exposure opportunities. - **Hijacking competitors’ advertising traffic**: Using technical means to hijack competitors’ online advertising traffic, directing ad clicks that were originally directed to competitors’ websites to one’s own website, thereby snatching competitors’ potential customers and marketing resources.