Experts Uncover Massive Data Leak of 4 Billion Chinese User Records
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Experts have discovered 4 billion online user records, the largest known leak of Chinese personal data. This leak includes sensitive information such as names, phone numbers, addresses, national IDs, and location histories. The data originates from the Shanghai police and was put up for sale on a hacking forum for 10 bitcoins. The leak has been confirmed by security researchers who analyzed a sample of the data.