Leak shows China exported censorship tools to Myanmar and Pakistan 9/17/25, 11:49 AM Subscribe NEWS INNOVATION ENTERTAINMENT VIDEOS MILITARY ENERGY Sign In | SPACE JOBS SHOP C U LT U R E 500GB leak exposes China’s Great Firewall files used for global censorship The leak reveals deployments in Myanmar and exports of Chinese censorship tools to Pakistan, Ethiopia, and Kazakhstan. Updated: Sep 16, 2025 05:31 AM EST Sujita Sinha 2 days ago 0 DISCOVER See All TRENDING LATEST ENERGY 1 Startup to test closed-loop geothermal drilling in US to harness Earth’s heat Georgina Jedikovska 15 Hours Ago M I L I TA RY 2 How Formula 1 tech turned CV90 into one of world’s fastest offroad combat tanks Kapil Kajal Jinshanling Great Wall. (Representational image) n September 11, a huge breach exposed the inner workings of China’s powerful internet censorship system. More than 500GB of internal documents, source code, work logs, and internal communications were dumped online. O SCIENCE 3 The files also include packaging repositories and operational runbooks that show how China’s Great Firewall is built and maintained. US lab solves 100year-old physics puzzle by cracking curse of dimensionality Atharva Gosavi Researchers say this is one of the most detailed leaks of censorship technology ever seen. It provides a rare view into how China designs, exports, and operates its national traffic filtering tools. 16 Hours Ago I N N O VAT I O N 4 'Humans hit me': Video shows China's humanoid robot endure insane 'violence test' Kaif Shaikh https://interestingengineering.com/culture/china-great-firewall-leak 16 Hours Ago Getty Images 16 Hours Ago Page 1 of 6