Over 4 billion personal records leaked in China, including Alipay and WeChat data
More than 4 billion personal records, including Alipay- and WeChat-related information, were leaked in China. The leaked data included sensitive user records.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- More than 4 billion user records
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- China
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Timeline
- It was reported that about 4 billion personal records, including Alipay and WeChat information, had been leaked in China.
- The number of leaked user records was reported to exceed 4 billion.
- It was reported that the leaked data contained a large volume of sensitive information.
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