HACKERS ATTACKS CHENESE PRESIDENT

 President Xi Jinping urged public authorities to "protect information security" after hackers offered to sell data stolen from a billion Chinese citizens.  In  a crime forum ad that was later removed in 

, users stated that the data had been stolen by the Shanghai National Police. 

 Hackers claim that the information includes names, addresses, national ID numbers, and mobile phone numbers. 

 cybersecurity experts have confirmed that at least some of the small samples of data provided are genuine. 

  23 terabytes of data are considered to be the largest data sale to date and were offered for $ 200,000 (£ 166,000) until the post was deleted on Friday. 

  Chinese officials have not responded to the news, and President Xi has not made direct mention of the sale of data. 

 However, according to the South China Morning Post, the president has told Chinese public institutions to "protect information security ... individuals so that people feel safe when sharing data for public purposes. We are asking you to protect your information, your privacy, and your confidential corporate information. " service. On Friday, the moderator of a site listing sales by a user named ChinaDan said, "Dear Chinese user, welcome to our forum. You may have come here due to a database leak in the Shanghai police. There is. The data is no longer sold and the post on this subject has been deleted. "

 Site admins add that they sell many other similar high-quality Chinese databases," we are. I'm not in China and I'm not Chinese, "he added. So you don't have to follow Chinese law. "

90 million Chinese allegedly stolen from Henan Provincial Police (HNGA) by another hacker (probably inspired by the propaganda surrounding China Dan's offer) on Tuesday, according to Dark Tracer, who monitors cybercriminal activity. I posted an advertisement for citizens' records. .. None of this data has been validated. 

 "It's not yet clear why the data was withdrawn," said Toby Lewis, Global Head of Threat Analysis at Darktrace. 

 "The original sales proposal shows that the hacker intended to sell the data exclusively to multiple buyers, not just one. The purchase was made by the state of China itself. There is a possibility."

Lewis believes the leak could have been a major problem for Chinese authorities, who reportedly blocked discussions on sales on Chinese social networks shortly after the announcement. Deb Leary, CEO of 

 Forensic Pathways, also believes the data may have been sold to the winning bidder, adding: He doesn't seem to be worried about offending Chinese authorities. 

 Legitimate data 

 In April, a popular hacking website called Raid Forums was confiscated and shut down by FBI-led international police activities. The Portuguese founder of the  

 site and the Britons living in Croydon were arrested. Big data like 

 China's cash can trick hackers into sending identity emails and other malicious attacks to trick people into giving cash to criminals. 

 However, it may not be validated due to the lack of data. 

 Another theory is that the data and China Dan may have been discovered by the website administrator to be fake. 

 However, Searchlight Security threat analyst Louise Ferrett believes that the data may be genuine. 

 "There is evidence that the data put up for sale was legitimate. First, the source of the data was reported by some security teams as a human error on the part of the government's developers."