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Just weeks after The New York Times reported on the scope and depth of surveillance of their citizens, a new story concerning Chinese citizens’ data comes to light. In what might turn out to be the biggest data leak in recorded history, hackers claim to have 23 terabytes of data stolen from the Shanghai police database.
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Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:07 China data leak
00:30 The forum post
00:42 The stolen data
01:05 “Key persons” blacklist
01:40 Surveillance in China
02:05 Censorship of the leak
02:54 Outro
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Let’s talk about China. Last week, the country dominated the cybernews headlines following a massive data leak of nearly one billion Chinese citizens. While the story is still developing, the leak is potentially the biggest in recorded history because of the size and the scope of information exposed. The worst part? The victims may never even hear about it.
The news of the leak broke two weeks ago, when a mysterious user or group, ChinaDan, claimed to have stolen records from the Shanghai police department, on the hacker forum Breach Forums. The post was offering to sell more than 23 terabytes of data for 10 bitcoin, equivalent to about $200,000. The post by ChinaDan also released a sample containing 750,000 records. The data in the sample includes names, national identification and phone numbers, medical records, details from police reports, and other information. The alleged hackers said that several billion police reports — from thefts to fights to domestic violence, dating from the late 1990s to 2019 — were included in the leak.
What’s more troubling, some of the people in the leaked records were labeled “key persons.”
According to The New York Times, this so-called blacklist includes citizens with mental illness, convicted criminals, fugitives, drug users, petitioners, suspected terrorists, political agitators, and threats to social stability.
China is notorious when it comes to keeping tabs on its citizens. More than half of all surveillance cameras in the world are located in China. The government is also using face recognition, location tracking, biometric data, and even DNA testing to stay in control of the country’s populace. In special focus are often more vulnerable groups like ethnic minorities, migrant workers, and those with a history of mental illness.
Worse still is the lack of information about the leak. Chinese officials have not yet made any statements about the breach. It seems that the government is also blocking information circulating on the web in China about the leak.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the vulnerability that enabled the data breach was open for more than a year.While the police records themselves seemed to be stored securely, the dashboard for managing and accessing the data was set up with a public web address and left open without a password, allowing anyone with relatively basic technical knowledge to simply come in and steal the data.
As of the making of this video, the authenticity of the leak is still being confirmed. At least some of it has checked out, according to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
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