Published 2 years ago

Hacker claims to have stolen 1 billion records of Chinese citizens from police

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A hacker has claimed to have procured a trove of personal information from the Shanghai police on 1 billion Chinese citizens. If true, tech experts say it would be one of the biggest data breaches in history. The anonymous Internet user, identified as ChinaDan, posted on hacker forum Breach Forums last week offering to sell the more than 23 terabytes (TB) of data for 10 bitcoin.

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Times of India

China records biggest ever database leak in history, 1 billion personal data breached

The anonymous internet user, identified as "ChinaDan", posted on hacker forum Breach Forums last week offering to sell the more than 23 terabytes (TB) of data for 10 bitcoin, equivalent to about $200,000. "In 2022, the Shanghai National Police (SHGA) database was leaked. This database contains many TB of data and information on Billions of Chinese citizen," the post said.

2 years ago·India

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The Guardian

Hacker claims to have obtained data on 1 billion Chinese citizens

Personal information allegedly taken from Shanghai police database would be one of biggest data breaches in history

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Hacker claims to have stolen 1 billion records of Chinese citizens from police

‘ChinaDan’ posted on hacker forum Breach Forums last week offering to sell the data for 10 bitcoins

2 years ago·India

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CTV News

Alleged Chinese police database hack leaks data of 1 billion

Hackers claim to have obtained a trove of data on 1 billion Chinese from a Shanghai police database in a leak that, if confirmed, could be one of the largest data breaches in history.

2 years ago·Canada

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Reuters

Hacker claims to have stolen 1 billion records of Chinese citizens from police

SHANGHAI - A hacker has claimed to have procured a trove of personal information from the Shanghai police on one billion Chinese citizens, which tech experts say, if true, would be one of the biggest data breaches in history. The anonymous internet user, identified as "ChinaDan", posted on hacker forum Breach Forums last week offering to sell the more than 23 terabytes (TB) of data for

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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