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Worldwide massive surveillance from
Chinese company, a mosaic intelligence gathering
A Chinese company with links to Beijing's military and intelligence networks has been amassing a vast database of detailed personal information of 2.4 million people, including more than 35,000 Australians.
While much of the information has been "scraped" from open-source material, some profiles have information which appears to have been sourced from confidential bank records, job applications and psychological profiles.
Critics suspected the company sourced some of its information from the so-called "dark web".
656 of the Australians featured on the list as being of "special interest" or "politically exposed". While these terms are unexplained, the leak raises further questions about the spread and scope of China's intelligence gathering operations.
#surveillance #DataLeaks #DarkWeb #Australia
Source: ABC #Sep14
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-14/chinese-data-leak-linked-to-military-names-australians/12656668
Chinese company, a mosaic intelligence gathering
A Chinese company with links to Beijing's military and intelligence networks has been amassing a vast database of detailed personal information of 2.4 million people, including more than 35,000 Australians.
While much of the information has been "scraped" from open-source material, some profiles have information which appears to have been sourced from confidential bank records, job applications and psychological profiles.
Critics suspected the company sourced some of its information from the so-called "dark web".
656 of the Australians featured on the list as being of "special interest" or "politically exposed". While these terms are unexplained, the leak raises further questions about the spread and scope of China's intelligence gathering operations.
#surveillance #DataLeaks #DarkWeb #Australia
Source: ABC #Sep14
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-14/chinese-data-leak-linked-to-military-names-australians/12656668