8.7 billion records including Chinese citizens' personal data leaked
8.7 billion records, including personal information of Chinese citizens, were leaked. The leaked data also included key corporate information.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- 8.7 billion records including personal data and key corporate information
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- China
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- A leak of 8.7 billion China-related records came to light.
- It emerged that the leaked data included not only Chinese citizens' personal information but also key corporate information.
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