Ghostbusters required to prevent future stealth software data theft

POLICE IN SHAOXING, East China's Zhejiang province, recently uncovered a case in which a listed technology company based in Beijing stole more than 3 billion pieces of personal information from 96 internet enterprises nationwide, including big names such as Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent. Beijing News comments:

This is the largest personal information theft on record. Unlike other data thieves who take advantage of software loopholes to pilfer data from the IT enterprises, this company had obtained people's login details thanks to its cooperation with the network operators that enabled it to stealthily install software that directly grabs personal data.

When the network users logged in to access their social media, online banking, email and e-commerce accounts, their passwords or secret keys would be directly transferred to the company's servers through the software.