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Unknown Hacker Steals Data of 1 Billion Chinese Citizens

Unknown hacker, identified as “ChinaDan,” posted an advertisement on a hacker forum selling 23 terabytes of data for 10 Bitcoin, equivalent to about $200,000. The data was allegedly stolen from the Shanghai National Police database, which contains Chinese nationals’ personal details, including names, home addresses, criminal records, and ID and phones numbers. A report from Bleeping Computer claims that ChinaDan also shared a sample with 750,000 records containing ID information and police call records. It says that this sample allows interested buyers to verify the data.”]

Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/unknown-hacker-steals-data-billion-chinese-a-19499

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