PhillSep 13, 2025
BrianKrebs

The Great Firewall of China has apparently experienced a great data spill. > 500gb of source code, work logs and internal communication records were leaked. Some light reading for the weekend /s

https://gfw.report/blog/geedge_and_mesa_leak/en/

Geedge & MESA Leak: Analyzing the Great Firewall’s Largest Document Leak

The Great Firewall of China (GFW) experienced the largest leak of internal documents in its history on Thursday September 11, 2025. Over 500 GB of source code, work logs, and internal communication records were leaked, revealing details of the GFW's research, development, and operations.

GFW Report
Sep 13, 2025 at 2:30pmWeb
Show threadBrianKrebsSep 13, 2025

BTW #3 is probably worth paying attention to here: 3. Safety Considerations
Due to the highly sensitive nature of these leaked materials, we strongly advise anyone who chooses to download and analyze them to take proper operational security precautions. It may be possible that these files may contain potentially risky content and accessing them in an insecure environment could expose you to surveillance or malware.

Please consider analyzing these files only in an isolated (virtual) machine without internet access.

Show threadshironekoSep 13, 2025
@briankrebs seem a lot of that is a rpm mirror?
Show threadEhay2kSep 13, 2025

@briankrebs

This ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Don't treat this as "Haha we got China's secrets!!"

Treat this as "Anyone wanting to compromise systems of threat/privacy/cybersecurity researchers will be trusting to plant bugs in this dataset."

Your privacy and security may depend on it.

Show threadEhay2kSep 13, 2025

@briankrebs
And by "trusting to plant" I meant "trying to plant" but autocorrect had other ideas.

(Autocorrect and auto suggestions have gotten completely out of control. Try shopping for a Boroscope online and see how many horoscope books you get in your results!)

Show threadṫẎℭỚ◎ᾔ ṫ◎ℳSep 13, 2025
@briankrebs I got malware just reading it.
Show threadBrianKrebsSep 15, 2025

Somehow I missed this Wired story on the leak from Sept 8

https://www.wired.com/story/geedge-networks-mass-censorship-leak/

Massive Leak Shows How a Chinese Company Is Exporting the Great Firewall to the World

Geedge Networks, a company with ties to the founder of China’s mass censorship infrastructure, is selling its censorship and surveillance systems to at least four other countries in Asia and Africa.

WIRED
Show threadAndreas KSep 15, 2025
@briankrebs I hear envy that the Chinese are allowed to sell the good stuff, while our drug^H^H^H^H I mean network safety for whole countries sellers are frustrated with having to sell under the table due to export restrictions.
Show threadSpaceLifeFormSep 13, 2025

@briankrebs

The content may or may not be legit, but it does demonstrate that it is possible to punch a hole thru the GFW if you have root. Or you are insider.

Show threadOrca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️‍⚧️Sep 13, 2025

@briankrebs

497103482880 mirror/repo.tar 14811058515 geedge_docs.tar.zst 2724387262 geedge_jira.tar.zst 35024722703 mesalab_docs.tar.zst
They zst-ed everything, except the biggest one that's ~500G?? 🫠

Show threadDavidSep 14, 2025

@briankrebs If #NATO countries need a deterrent, this is what to target. Demonstrate the capacity to invert the function of the Great Firewall, to block propaganda and surveillance and allow accurate but prohibited information, in response to intrusion into infrastructure.

#moviePlotCyberwar