1. Introduction
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.
The leak originated from a core technical force behind the GFW: Geedge Networks (whose chief scientist is Fang Binxing) and the MESA Lab at the Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The documents show that the company not only provides services to governments in places like Xinjiang, Jiangsu, and Fujian, but also exports censorship and surveillance technology to countries such as Myanmar, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, and other unidentified country under the “Belt and Road” framework.
The significance and far-reaching implications of this leak are substantial. Due to the massive volume of data, GFW Report will continue to analyze and provide updates on the current page and on the Net4People.
2. Download Link
Enlace Hacktivista has provided the access to the leak:
The leaked files total about 600 GB. Among them, the file mirror/repo.tar alone, as an archive of the RPM packaging server, takes up 500 GB.
For detailed instructions on how to use the specific files, David Fifield has already provided a more thorough explanation on Net4People.
7206346 mirror/filelist.txt 497103482880 mirror/repo.tar 14811058515 geedge_docs.tar.zst 2724387262 geedge_jira.tar.zst 35024722703 mesalab_docs.tar.zst 63792097732 mesalab_git.tar.zst 71382 A HAMSON-EN.docx 16982 A Hamson.docx 161765 BRI.docx 14052 CPEC.docx 2068705 CTF-AWD.docx 19288 Schedule.docx 26536 TSG Solution Review Description-20230208.docx 704281 TSG-问题.docx 35040 chat.docx 27242 ty-Schedule.docx 111244 待学习整理-23年MOTC-SWG合同草本V.1-2020230320.docx 52049 打印.docx 418620 替票证明.docx 260551 领导修改版-待看Reponse to Customer's Suggestions-2022110-V001--1647350669.docx
3. Safety Considerations
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