China’s Surveillance State Is Selling Citizen Data as a Side Hustle

Researchers found Telegram-based Chinese-language data vendors (Carllnet, DogeSGK, X‑Ray) offering searchable access to extensive personal records—ranging from phone and call records to passport images and geolocation—using point-based payments; the services advertise access to data from major state telecoms and appear aimed at enabling social engineering and scam operations.