In a monumental breach of cybersecurity, more than 500 gigabytes of sensitive data from China’s Great Firewall infrastructure were exposed in September 2025. This leak includes over 100,000 documents such as source code, operational logs, and routing tables, providing unprecedented insight into the mechanisms and vulnerabilities of China’s digital surveillance network. Analysts revealed that the breached material came from credible sources within the state’s telecommunications providers, such as China Telecom and China Unicom, exposing critical lapses in the enforcement of censorship policies.
The datasets offer a rare glimpse into China’s real-time traffic monitoring and reveal how the censorship system can react inconsistently across various regions. Additionally, the metadata contained within the leak links extensive personnel data to departmental hierarchies, providing potential insight into the personnel and operational procedures behind the censorship efforts. This breach not only shifts the paradigm of censorship by providing valuable information on the surveillance infrastructure but also poses significant implications for the balance of power between those enforcing censorship and the public.
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