Hacker offers to sell Shanghai police database holding details on one billion Chinese residents

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Hacker offers to sell Shanghai police database holding details on one billion Chinese residents
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Chinese authorities have not publicly commented on the breach. Search terms relating to it, including 'data leak', were censored on Chinese social media

A hacker is offering to sell a gigantic Shanghai police database that he says contains sensitive information on around one billion Chinese residents - including their names, addresses, birthdates, and crime and case reports.

If the claim is true, it would amount to one of the largest data breaches in history, especially given the nature and extent of the personal information. The asking price for the database is 10 bitcoin - worth around £169,000 at the time of publication.

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