Chinese police arrested 21 suspects in connection with the theft of customer information from Alibaba Group Holding’s logistics affiliate Cainiao Network.
More than 10 million pieces of client data including user names, phone numbers and parcel tracking numbers were stolen from Cainiao.
Barcode scanners used in its distribution stations had been infected with malware.
The security breach had now been fixed.
It had detected a suspicious malware infection in some of the parcel scanners used by its logistics partners.
None of the illegally obtained data had been shared with any third parties.
"id": "ALI138311022",
"linkid": "alibaba-group",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "09/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"