It turns out that data that is supposed to be personal information for one billion people in China is sold on a dark site on the Internet.
They are believed to be selling hackers, claiming to have been obtained from a database of Chinese police authorities, including their names and addresses, as well as cell phone numbers and criminal records.
Experts say, "If there was an information leak, it would be unprecedented in China."
According to Tokyo's information security company "Signto", an anonymous person named "China Dan" has been selling personal information that he obtained from the database of police authorities in Shanghai from the 30th of last month on a dark site on the Internet. It means that you have confirmed that you are there.
The person who seems to be a hacker claims that he has information on 1 billion people related to China, including his name, address, mobile phone number, criminal history, etc. We are offering a price of about 27 million yen.
Some data was released as a sample on the site, and when a security company investigated it, it included personal information of a person who seems to be a citizen of China, as well as memos that are thought to be involved in the case investigation.
Hiroki Iwai of "Signto" who conducted the investigation said, "When I checked some addresses, they actually existed. I don't know if the information was leaked, but it seems that it contains a lot of sensitive information. If there was an information leak for a billion people, it would be unprecedented in China. "
Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, said at a press conference on the 4th, "I don't know the situation, so I won't comment."