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Amber Bouman

More than 4 billion user records exposed in biggest data leak ever — everything you need to know

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The largest ever data leak to hit China has exposed over 4 billion user records which include financial data, WeChat and Alipay details as well as sensitive personal info like IDs, birthdates, phone numbers, and residential data.

As reported by Cybernews, a massive database with 631 gigabytes of private and sensitive info was left exposed online without a password, essentially leaving 4 billion records available for public access.

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