The irony here is that by advertising the fact that they have a massive amount of raw, unencrypted data, they're making themselves the biggest hacker target in the world.
I really hope this backfires on them so the rest of the world will be hesitant to follow their example.
Except even if there is a massive breach no one will know about it because it's not like the Chinese government is going to openly admit to it. Losing face and all.
I really hope this backfires on them so the rest of the world will be hesitant to follow their example.