Chinese Delivery Company Leaks Personal Data From 400,000 Customer Accounts

Chinese Delivery Company Leaks Personal Data From 400,000 Customer Accounts
A delivery man uses his phone in the streets of the Central Business District in Beijing, China on Feb. 10, 2020. Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images
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A major mainland Chinese delivery company issued a public statement on Nov. 17, admitting that five employees allegedly colluded with a group of criminals by giving them access to customers’ accounts and selling the stolen personal information on the black market. The incident has outraged Chinese netizens.

YTO Express Group Co., which offers express delivery and logistics services, stated in the announcement that at the end of July this year, its headquarters discovered irregular activities in two accounts of the company’s affiliated outlets in Hebei Province, according to Chinese media reports.