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The hacker posted a sample of the data on a forum and asked for 10 Bitcoin – roughly $200,000 – for the full trove of names, addresses and other personal information.
The data was apparently grabbed from the Shanghai National Police database and is now available to buy on the dark web for 10 bitcoins.
A hacker has claimed to have procured a trove of personal information from the Shanghai police on 1 billion Chinese citizens. If true, tech experts say it would be one of the biggest data breaches in history. The anonymous Internet user, identified as ChinaDan, posted on hacker forum Breach Forums last week offering to sell the more than 23 terabytes (TB) of data for 10 bitcoin.
The data was apparently grabbed from the Shanghai National Police database and is now available to buy on the dark web for 10 bitcoins.
The hacker offers to sell data for 10 bitcoins.