Alleged Data Breach by ChinaDan

Product Serial: F-2022-07-06a

TLP: WHITE

In this flash, ZeroFox Intelligence provides insight into an alleged data breach that advertised 23 terabytes of personally identifiable information (PII) from the Shanghai National Police.

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Key Findings

On June 30, 2022, a threat actor advertised 23 terabytes of personally identifiable information (PII) from the Shanghai National Police for sale. The data is priced at 10 BTC (approximately USD 200,000).
The database allegedly contains the PII of one billion Chinese victims' names, addresses, birthplaces, national ID numbers, telephone numbers, and criminal history.
At the time of writing, it is unclear how the threat actor obtained the database being advertised.