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Data on Chinese citizens allegedly siphoned from police DB, offered for sale

7 pointsby FatalLogicalmost 3 years ago

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FatalLogicalmost 3 years ago
This seems to be real massive data leak, and significant.<p>Further independent verification, from Wall Street Journal and MIT Technology Review reporter, Karen Hao 郝珂灵, that this real data about real people, at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;_KarenHao&#x2F;status&#x2F;1543949945614393344" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;_KarenHao&#x2F;status&#x2F;1543949945614393344</a><p>Some previous HN submissions and sources:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31982591" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31982591</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31968327" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31968327</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31962526" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31962526</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31977355" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31977355</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mastodon.social&#x2F;@SexyCyborg&#x2F;108588110265985290" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mastodon.social&#x2F;@SexyCyborg&#x2F;108588110265985290</a> (Naomi Wu)&quot;