Data breach

Chinese in US Database data breach

In 2026, Chinese in US Database suffered a data breach affecting 11,178 records. Exposed data included names, surname, addresses and 4 other types of data.

Breach date

11 178

Records in the breach

7

Types of data exposed

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Data exposed in the Chinese in US Database breach

  • Names
  • Surname
  • Addresses
  • Ethnicity
  • Gender
  • Email Addresses
  • Language

About the breach

During 2026 a database was distributed on Dark Web forums consisting of more than 11,000 Chinese people in the US.

The database was titled "11K Chinese in USA". It is currently unclear what the source of the data is or the reason for the database being compiled and distributed.

The database consists of personal information such as names, surname, email addresses, ethnicity and more.

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