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Hacker claims to have stolen records of 1 billion Chinese from Shanghai police | Technology

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A hacker claimed to have obtained personal information from Shanghai police on a billion Chinese people, which tech experts say, if true, would be one of the biggest data breaches in history. The anonymous netizen, identified as “ChinaDan”, posted on the hacking forum Breach Forums last week offering to sell more than 23 terabytes (TB) of data for 10 bitcoins, the equivalent of US$ 200 thousand (about R$ 1 million). – TikTok removes 20 million accounts on suspicion of being under 13 “In 2022, the Shanghai National Police (SHGA) database was leaked. This database contains many TB of data and…

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