A hacker attempted to sell the personal data of more than 1 billion Chinese citizens for 10 Bitcoin (BTC), which was allegedly stolen during a cybersecurity breach targeting the Shanghai National Police database.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) reported that the personal data of 1 billion people in “an Asian country” was stolen by cyber hackers and put up for sale on the Dark Web.
The BlockAccording to the news of , the latest details about the subject “ChinaDan” An anonymous hacker named the stolen information used by hackers. Breached.to on the forum 10 Bitcoins (about $200,000) It turned out that he was trying to sell it in return.
from china hacker named 30 June on the subject he opened on the forum, 2022 during a cybersecurity breach in Shanghai National Police He included a small portion of the information he claimed to have been leaked from the database.
hackers, billions Chinese citizen’s address, place of birth, identification number, mobile phone number and criminal records demanded 10 Bitcoins for the database containing Forum officials caused the issue opened by the hacker to spam. July 3rd closed on.
Web3 privacy project Manta Networkco-founder ofI Kenny Li in a statement on the subject that the breach could have some consequences for the crypto industry. told.
The stolen data can be used to exploit users and do things like phishing attacks to steal private keys or gain unauthorized access to apps like centralized exchanges.