The dataset, which allegedly contains more than 10 petabytes of sensitive information, is believed by experts to have been obtained from the National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Tianjin – a centralized hub that provides infrastructure services for more than 6,000 clients across China, including advanced science and defense agencies.



You assume one buyer. Five buyers at 800K is better than 3 at 1MM.
Good point. I did assume it would only get sold once.