Details for 1.9M members of Chinese Communist Party Members leaked

Security experts from Cyble discovered that the details of 1.9 million members of the Chinese Communist Party were leaked on a hacking forum.

During routine Dark web monitoring, the experts from Cyble found a post on a Russian-speaking forum offering the details of 1.9 million members of Chinese Communist Party.

The huge trove of data, a 293 MB CSV file, was offered for free. The exposed records included name, sex, ethnicity, organization, hometown, ID, Address, Mobile Number, Phone Number, Education.

“People who are concerned about their information exposure can register on Cyble’s data breach monitoring and notification platform, AmiBreached.com, to ascertain the risks at no cost. Also, Android users (Link) and iOS users (Link) can gain full access to it just by downloading the mobile application.” states the post published by Cyble.

Below a list of suggestions provided by Cyble to prevent cyber-attacks:

Never click on unverified/unidentified links
Do not open untrusted email attachments
Only download media from sites you trust
Never use unfamiliar USBs
Use security software and keep it updated
Backup your data periodically
Keep passwords unique and unpredictable
Keep Software and Systems up to date
Train employees on Cyber Security
Set up Firewall for your internet
Take a Cyber Security assessment
Update passwords regularly

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, Chinese Communist Party)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.