Personal data of China’s elite, including Alibaba founder, leaked on Twitter

On Thursday, a Twitter account publicly released the personal information of China's rich and powerful, Tech In Asia reported. Photos and screenshots posted by the account @shenfenzheng — which means "personal identification" in Chinese — revealed sensitive data like national identification numbers, birth dates, addresses, educational attainment and marital status.

Leaked data included national identification numbers, birth dates, and addresses.

Among the victims are two of China's richest businessmen, Alibaba founder and chairman Jack Ma, and Wang Jianlin, chairman of real estate company Dalian Wan Group, according to The New York Times. Jianlin's wife and son's identification numbers were also exposed. Ironically, Fang Binxing, the...

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