It turns out that Chinese companies were collecting data on 2.4 million celebrities around the world, including President Trump and former Prime Minister Abe



Information leaked from data-related company Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Technology in Shenzhen, China, revealed that the company is collecting data on 2.4 million celebrities around the world, including former Prime Minister Abe. Most of this data was open to the public on social media and other media, but it is reported that some of this data was collected by illegal means such as bank transaction records.

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Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Technology leaked 2.4 million celebrities from Western and Asian politicians and military personnel such as the United States, Australia and Japan, diplomats, scholars, civil servants, corporate executives, engineers, journalists, lawyers and accountants. It is a database that covers the amount of personal information, and in addition to personal information, it is information such as national infrastructure, military development, and public opinion analysis. According to Australia's Sky News, the database also included information on President Trump, former Prime Minister Abe, and President Putin.

The personal information collected was mainly public information such as information published on various SNS such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok and information reported in the news, but 10 to 20% The information is non-public information such as bank transaction records and resumes, and it is believed that the company collected private information from the so-called ' dark web '.

No evidence has been found that the Chinese government was using the information collected by Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Technology. However, the company's list of partner companies includes Huarong under the Ministry of Finance of China and Global Tone Communication Technology, a subsidiary of a state-owned enterprise, and the leaked documents show that the company is patriotic and the PLA It is believed that the data collected by the company was provided to the Chinese government, as it was stated that was a 'target customer'.



According to Fox News, a major American news media company, the company not only applied for patents on news, information gathering, and information gathering on social media platforms from late 2018 to April 2020, but 'social media manipulates reality. , There is a risk of weakening the administrative power, social power, military power, and economic power of the country, and creating polarization and radicalization of society. ' It seems that he was interested.

A representative of Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Technology told The Guardian, a British letter, 'This report is not true. We are not collecting data, but integrating data. Our business model and partners are companies. is a secret, 2 million worth of database Nante thing does not exist, '' We are a private company, it does not have a relationship with the Chinese government and the people's liberation Army. customers and research institutions and the general enterprise, ' comment , and a series I completely denied the report.

Western media are accusing China of this case as evidence that Chinese companies are working with state-owned enterprises to establish a global surveillance network for individuals and institutions.

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