Somebody bigger data leaks historyHE Information theft from more than 1 billion Chinese citizensoccurred earlier this week, thanks to an oversight by those responsible. Shanghai Police database. When cybersecurity experts provide more details about the error Wall Street Journal on Wednesday (6).
According to them, the database of police officials largest city in china It was stored correctly except for one small detail. Control panel that allows you to manage information created on a public web address and left unprotected, no password.
With this, anyone with basic technical knowledge and aware of the existence of the panel can access the panel to copy or even delete the information. And that’s what happened the database is now for sale on the dark web for 10 bitcoinsequivalent to R$1.1 million at today’s price.
this The vulnerability in the Shanghai National Police online system was already identified in early 2022, according to the post, but apparently not fixed. Researchers estimate that the extracted data packet was exposed on the internet without security for more than a year.
Names, phone numbers and more
The 1 billion Chinese data packets for sale contain a wealth of information about the country’s population, such as name, address, phone number, email, document numbers, and even details about ethnicity and education. Citizens’ police records are also part of the list when appropriate.
It is not yet known whether the person responsible for the leak is just one person or a group of cybercriminals. Chinese authorities have yet to speak out, choosing to censor discussions about the attack on the most popular social networks locally.
Source: Tec Mundo
