Vast Cache of Chinese Police Files Offered for Sale in Alleged Hack

An unlimited trove of knowledge on Chinese residents allegedly siphoned from a police database, some of which checks out as authentic, is being provided for sale by an nameless hacker or hacking group. If confirmed, it could mark one of historical past’s largest leaks of private knowledge.

The cache allegedly consists of billions of data stolen from police in Shanghai, containing knowledge on one billion Chinese residents, in line with a put up promoting its availability that was printed on Thursday by the hacker on a well-liked on-line cybercrime discussion board. The put up, which started circulating on social media over the weekend, put the worth for the leak at 10 Bitcoin, or roughly $200,000.