Hackers are selling personal data of Chinese citizens that was allegedly stolen during a cybersecurity breach targeting the Shanghai National Police (SHGA) database. bitcoin demands.
Hackers Seizing Information of Chinese Citizens Demand 10 Bitcoin
The security breach that occurred in 2022 resulted in the personal data of more than 1 billion Chinese citizens exposed. This information is now up for sale on both the open and dark web. This information includes names, addresses, official identification numbers, mobile phone numbers and other sensitive details.
An anonymous hacker known as ChinaDan claims to sell the stolen information for 10 Bitcoin ($200,000). ChinaDan posted the proposal on Breached.to, a hacking forum used by black hat hackers.
Binance CEO Makes a Statement on the Subject
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao tweeted over the weekend that the exchange’s threat intelligence systems have detected 1 billion resident records from “an Asian country” being put up for sale on the dark web. The exchange announced that it has accelerated the verification processes for those affected by the attack.
Our threat intelligence detected 1 billion resident records for sell in the dark web, including name, address, national id, mobile, police and medical records from one asian country. Likely due to a bug in an Elastic Search deployment by a gov agency. This has impact on …
— CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) July 3, 2022
Zhao added that the breach may have been caused by the faulty software of ElasticSearch, a popular search and data analysis tool used by businesses.
Kenny Li, co-founder of the web3 privacy project Manta Network, said in a statement that the attack was cryptocurrency He said it could have an impact on the industry. “The stolen data can be used to do things like phishing attacks to manipulate users and steal their keys, or unauthorized access to apps like centralized exchanges,” Li said.
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