Last night on X, some potentially huge news broke on X about a massive data breach in China that, if genuine, could soon see vast amounts of Chinese sensitive data in the hands of other governments.
And we're not talking about President Xi's (or Eric Swalwell's) personal password.
Allegedly, the 10 petabytes of data (the equivalent of 10,000 terabytes) include defense documents, missile schematics, military research, fusion simulations, and much more.
The hack allegedly took place back in February, and some small media outlets reported it then, but it didn't garner much attention until CNN published its story.
The network's report included more details about the hack -- and the hacker:
An account calling itself FlamingChina posted a sample of the alleged dataset on an anonymous Telegram channel on February 6, claiming it contained 'research across various fields including aerospace engineering, military research, bioinformatics, fusion simulation and more.'
The group alleges the information is linked to 'top organizations' including the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, and the National University of Defense Technology.
According to CNN, while not yet verified, the sample set of data released on Telegram was reviewed by cyber experts and appears to be genuine.
The FlamingChina account is allegedly selling the full data set for hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency.
If the data is authentic, that seems like a bargain. Gotta' love capitalism.
Of course, many suspected that the data would reveal a lot of information that China stole from the US in the first place.
My, how the turntables have ... turned.
LOL. We can't wait for President Trump to address this, so he can say 'CHY-na' in his inimitable fashion.
Others speculated that if a hacker (or group of hackers) had access to the Chinese supercomputing facility in Tianjin for six months, then they weren't likely the only ones who were able to steal the data.
Yeah, no one is crying any tears for China right now.
Well, not real tears anyway.
As to who 'FlamingChina' is, there were plenty of thoughts about that, too.
That'd be one way for Anthropic to get back into the US government's good graces after its source code leak.
But, of course, we all know who FlamingChina really is.
LOL. Is there anything Secretary Rubio can't do?
D'OH!
Isn't it, though?
While the story will raise concerns about US cybersecurity, the China hack is more than a little gratifying in that the plunderers become the plundered.
Maybe the funniest part of the CNN story, though, was this sentence:
CNN has reached out to China’s Ministry of Science and Technology as well as the Cyberspace Administration of China for comment.
Oh, sure! They'll get right on that response.
Right about the same time that they provide the world with the real data and causes behind COVID.
https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2026/04/09/whoa-hacker-allegedly-steals-vast-amounts-of-classified-data-from-chinese-supercomputer-n2426947
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