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Shanghai data breach exposes suppression of ‘white-hat’ security research in China

Posted on July 16, 2022 by Dissent

Jane Tang for RFA Mandarin reports:

Ren, a U.S. citizen who has lived in China for decades, didn’t realize she was the victim of what could be the biggest data breach in Chinese history until she got a call from RFA.

She held her breath as, one by one, her ID card number, date of birth, entry and exit information and home address were read out to her from the massive data leak from the Shanghai police computer system, and confirmed that they were all correct.

Read more at Radio Free Asia.

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