Chinese COVID-19 detection firm hacked; source code sold on dark web

Chinese COVID-19 detection firm hacked; source code sold on dark web

The IT security researchers at Cyble have identified hackers who have allegedly hacked Huiying Medical, a Chinese company with a worldwide presence. The hackers claim to have stolen a trove of data that is currently being sold on the dark web.


Huiying Medical recently gained headlines through its use of CT scans in conjunction with AI to detect the COVID-19 or Coronavirus, offering the solution for $50,000 per month with the support of Huawei’s marketing channels & Intel’s technology.


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This screenshot below shows the interface of the system that is being sold online:



The image was published by hackers and shared with Hackread.com by Cyble



For your information, Cyble is the same security firm that identified half a million Zoom accounts that were being sold on the dark web. As for Huiying breach, according to the Cyble’s blog post the hackers claim to have accessed the following data:


Users — 1.5 MB
Technology + source code — 1GB
Knowledge for Covid-19 Experiments information — 150 MB

It is now available for sale on the dark web for 4 Bitcoins which currently equate to approximately $30,800.


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