Security News > 2020 > September > Chinese database details 2.4 million influential people, their kids, addresses, and how to press their buttons

A US academic has revealed the existence of 2.4-million-person database he says was compiled by a Chinese company known to supply intelligence, military, and security agencies.

The researcher alleges the purpose of the database is enabling influence operations to be conducted against prominent and influential people outside China.

The database includes details of politicians, diplomats, activists, academics, media figures, entrepreneurs, military officers and government employees.

"In a second post Balding said the database matters because"what cannot be underestimated is the breadth and depth of the Chinese surveillance state and its extension around the world.

"Open liberal democratic states can no longer pretend these threats do not exist. Today's database is compiled primarily from open sources, other databases China holds present much greater risks to Chinese and foreign citizens." .

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