In approximately October 2011, the Chinese social-media website Kaixin001 suffered a data breach that impacted 8.2 million members. The breach included Email addresses, Usernames and Passwords stored in Plaintext. Kaixin001 concluded that the hacked credentials were acquired via brute forcing rather than by infiltrating their database.
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In October 2023, Haijiao.com, a Chinese adult forum, experienced a data breach that exposed information on over 4.8 million users. Among the compromised data were email addresses, usernames, passwords, IP addresses, phone numbers, site activity, and account balances.
In December 2011, Renren.com, a Chinese social networking platform often referred to as the "Facebook of China," experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 4.7 million user records. The compromised data included email addresses and passwords stored in plaintext.
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In 2014, the Chinese Android app store HIAPK allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that the incident impacted over 13.8 million users. The compromised data reportedly includes usernames, email addresses, and salted MD5 password hashes.
In August 2024, Tencent experienced a major data breach that exposed the personal data of 1.4 billion user accounts. This breach was orchestrated by a hacker known as "Fenice," and the compromised data included sensitive information such as email addresses, phone numbers, and QQ IDs.
In early 2015, a spam list titled "SC Daily Phone" surfaced, containing nearly 33 million records. Among the compromised information were names, physical and IP addresses, genders, birth dates, and phone numbers.
In July 2007, the multiplayer game portal gPotato suffered a data breach that reportedly exposed over 2 million user accounts. The platform later merged into the Webzen portal, where the original accounts remain active. Among the compromised data were usernames, email addresses, IP addresses, MD5-hashed passwords, and personal attributes such as gender, birth dates, physical addresses, and security questions and answers stored in plain text.
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