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...