How Chinese insiders are stealing data scooped up by President Xi's national surveillance system

*Researchers report a thriving Chinese data black market in which corporate and government insiders, telecom DPI and embedded SDKs supply massive "social engineering databases" (SGKs) that sell or share detailed personal records (names, IDs, phone numbers, IMEIs, financial and health data, photos, etc.). These SGKs — accessible via low-cost lookups or premium subscriptions and advertised on Telegram and dark web forums — are actively used for scams, fraud, doxxing and to profile or track high-value targets, including CCP officials and FBI-wanted hackers, posing significant privacy and operational risks.*