The World Biggest Cyber Attack in History, A Massive Data Breach of (1 Billion) Chinese Citizen Data Leaked on the Dark Web 2022
The personal information of around one billion Chinese residents has been posted online in what may be the greatest data breach ever. The CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, claims that a well-known dark web forum is where this data is sold. The resident record, which contains names, residences, national identification numbers, phone numbers, police/criminal histories, and medical records of residents from Asian countries, was compromised. The vast dataset was allegedly stolen from the Shanghai National Police (SHGA) database, according to the seller, who goes by the moniker ChinaDan. "The Shanghai National Police (SHGA) database was compromised in 2022. Many TB of data and information about billions of Chinese residents are contained in this database, according to ChinaDan. "Databases hold information on one billion Chinese citizens who live there as well as several billion case records, including name, address, birthplace, national ID number, cellphone number, and all crime/cas...