Security News > 2022 > July > Billion-record stolen Chinese database for sale on breach forum

A threat actor has taken to a forum for news and discussion of data breaches with an offer to sell what they assert is a database containing records of over a billion Chinese civilians - allegedly stolen from the Shanghai Police.

HackerDan released sample datasets: one containing delivery addresses and often instructions for drivers; another with police records; and the last with personal identification information like name, national ID number address, height, and gender.

China has a national police force, and that presumably has a Shanghai office.

Gigantic civilian data leak if confirmed: A hacker is selling an alleged Shanghai police data leak containing 1 billion Chinese nationals' names, home addresses, ID #, phone #, criminal records, etc.

While the Shanghai government and police department have largely been silent over the leak, social media platforms Weibo and WeChat were not - at least until Sunday afternoon when users on Weibo began experiencing data leak-related blocked hashtags.

Our threat intelligence detected 1 billion resident records for sell in the dark web, including name, address, national id, mobile, police and medical records from one asian country.

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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/07/05/shanghai_police_database_for_sell/