A person on a hacker forum claimed to be selling data on 1 billion Chinese citizens stolen from Shanghai police servers. The size of the leak spurred online discussions that were quickly censored. Photo: Shutterstock
China premier stresses data security after alleged leak affecting 1 billion Chinese residents triggers concerns
- Premier Li Keqiang called on government bodies to ‘defend information security’, which has become a rising concern as authorities collect more citizen data
- The comments come after what could be the largest ever data leak for China, with data sets showing names, birth dates, ID numbers and other sensitive information
A person on a hacker forum claimed to be selling data on 1 billion Chinese citizens stolen from Shanghai police servers. The size of the leak spurred online discussions that were quickly censored. Photo: Shutterstock