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Massive data breach? Leaked personal data of a billion people has been discovered for sale on the dark web


Sensitive personal information about more than a billion people appears to have been leaked from a government agency and put up for sale on the dark web, in what would be one of the largest data breaches in history.

The information that has been leaked is said to include names, addresses, national ID numbers and mobile phone numbers, along with medical and police records.

In a TweetChangpeng Zhao, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, said, “Our threat intelligence detected 1 billion resident records for sale on the dark web,” pointing to the error in deployment by an unnamed government agency is the reason the data can be accessed.

He warned that stolen information could affect hacker detection and prevention measures.

“It is important for all platforms to strengthen their security measures in this area. Binance has increased verification for potentially affected users,” Zhao said.

See: It was easy for a security researcher to find my passwords, etc.

Although Zhao did not name a specific country in his post, but according to ReutersOne user posted on a popular underground hacking forum claiming to be selling a database containing more than 23 terabytes of personal information data of ‘billions’ of Chinese citizens.

Reuters reports that hackers have claimed that information has been leaked from the Shanghai National Police (SHGA) database and are selling it for 10 Bitcoins – currently around $200,000. Reuters was unable to confirm this, and the police department did not respond to the news agency’s request for comment.

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