As we can see we are announcing the biggest known hack in Internet history: More than 52 millions of personal information, such as identity numbers, social security details, financial status, salary situations and much more, is reported to have been intercepted by various government systems across China, published yesterday 22 April local media information.
China, known in the internet world for its attacks on government systems in the West, is reported to be the victim of acts hacking which resulted in the largest known leak data until today.
According to the data provided by the online alert team loudong.360.cn, systems that have high-risk vulnerabilities have been discovered in government social services, health ministries, hospitals in more than 30 cities across China, and as reported in ZDNet, all this appears to be just the tip of the iceberg.
Experts in issues of information security from the group loudong.360.cn, said the situation could be much more serious than it appears to be, as the disclosed information can be used by criminals to commit credit card theft, but and threaten national security.
Deng Huan, an expert of loudong.360.cn, reported to Economic Information that a single security gap in the family planning department in Hubei proves to put personal 70 personal data at risk while a mistake in a Shandong public health authority has caused the same problem for 6 million children and 12 million parents in the province.
The non-existent awareness of online protection of information in many government agencies and companies is the main reason for leaks, according to a research institute.
“Είναι σαφές ότι οι τοπικές κυβερνήσεις και υπηρεσίες, όπως η υπηρεσία κοινωνικής ασφάλισης απέτυχαν στη λήψη επαρκών επενδύσεων για την εποπτεία στον τομέα της ασφάλειας των πληροφοριών”, σημείωσε ο Yan Ming, διευθυντής στο Third Research Institute του Γραφείου Δημόσιας Ασφάλειας.
He also mentioned that the country needs better legislation support, as well as a system in which individuals or organizations responsible for information leaks could be held accountable.
