Thursday, 5 March, 2026
1 B Chinese people's personal information up for sale on dark web
By Basit Ansari
<p>Sensitive personal information of more than a billion individuals has been stolen from a government agency, presumably from China, and is being sold on the Dark Web for 10 Bitcoins in what may be the largest data breach in history. Name, residence, national ID, mobile number, police, and medical records from one Asian country are all included. This affects tools for detecting and preventing hackers, cellphone numbers used for account takeovers, and other things.</p>
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