As cyberattacks around the world continue to unfold rapidly, today a claim has emerged that may be the largest data breach in history. Formerly known as RaidForums and after its closure InfringementForums on the forum, which still serves as Owned by more than 1 billion Chinese citizens data is for sale.

The database leaked in the post shared by ‘ChinaDan’ billions of Chinese citizens declared to be covered. when sharing,In 2022, the Shanghai National Police (SHGA) database was leaked. This database contains many terabytes of data and information about billions of Chinese citizens.statements are included.

What information would have been compromised?

According to the information in the share, in the aforementioned data breach, Chinese citizens names, addresses, places of birth, national identification numbers, telephone numbers and all criminal/judicial records captured. The hacker is demanding 10 Bitcoin (about $200,000) for all data allegedly seized.

The claim hit social media:

After the alleged data breach, confusion also arose on Chinese social media. As users responded to the alleged data breach on Weibo, China’s largest social media, The word ‘data breach’ is prohibited on the platform. on the other hand Zhao Changpeng, Chinese CEO of Binance remarkable statements.

Binance’s CEO stated in his post that following the allegations, the verification process when logging into accounts on the platform had improved. The CEO said the data breach may have been caused by a flaw in a government agency’s “Elastic Search” software distribution.