REDDIT · REDDIT// 3d agoSECURITY INCIDENT

FlamingChina breaches NSCC Tianjin, steals 10PB

Hacker group "FlamingChina" allegedly exfiltrated 10 petabytes of sensitive data from the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, including classified defense documents and missile schematics. The breach represents one of the largest security failures in China's history, with the stolen data reportedly being sold for cryptocurrency on private channels.

// ANALYSIS

This incident exposes deep-seated vulnerabilities in critical national compute infrastructure and high-performance research security.

–The 10PB scale indicates a sophisticated, multi-month "low and slow" exfiltration strategy that bypassed state detection.
–Target selection hits the heart of China's defense and aerospace R&D pipeline, creating immediate global security risks.
–Data sale for Monero underscores the maturity of the professionalized dark web market for high-level state secrets.

// TAGS

nscc-tianjinresearchsafety

DISCOVERED

3d ago

2026-04-09

PUBLISHED

3d ago

2026-04-08

RELEVANCE

8/ 10

AUTHOR

jazir55