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Oscar Smith, Editor
There are approximately 12 billion compromised accounts posted on the Dark Web right now. That’s more than the total number of people in the world, a majority of data leaks often come from the U.S.
China censors searches after data on 1 billion people leaked
— Hackers claim to have obtained a trove of data on 1 billion Chinese from a Shanghai police database in a leak that, if confirmed, could be one of the largest data breaches in history.
In a post I checked on just today someone using the handle “ChinaDan” offered to sell nearly 24 terabytes (24 TB) of data including what they claimed was information on 1 billion people and “several billion case records” for 10 Bitcoin, worth about $200,000.
The data purportedly includes information from a off shore database including names, addresses, national identification numbers and mobile phone numbers as well as case details.
A sample of data seen by The Associated Press listed names, birthdates, ages and mobile numbers. One person was listed as having been born in “2020,” with their age listed as “1,” suggesting that information on minors was included in the data obtained in the breach.
“Everyone, please be careful in case there are more phone scams in the future!” Oscar Smith Access Charleston, Editor
Experts said the breach, if confirmed, would be the biggest in history.
When you’re talking about a billion people’s information and it’s static information, it’s not about where they traveled, who they communicated with or what they were doing, then it becomes very much less interesting. Still, once hackers get data and put it online it’s impossible to fully remove. So if someone believes their information was part of this attack, they have to assume it’s forever available to anyone and they should be taking precautions to protect themselves.
