The Overseas Key Individuals Database ascribes a numerical ranking to each person.
The database covers more than 2.4 million people globally including 35,000 Australians.
It was compiled by Shenzhen firm Zhenhua Data, which lists the Communist Party among its main clients.
Zhenhua also claims to offer propaganda weapons such as social media disinformation.
Zhenhua says the aim is to transfer conflict on social media into the "real environment".
A Chinese military contractor that boasts of spreading disinformation and promoting conflict has compiled profiles on more than 35,000 Australians from Prime Minister Scott Morrison to billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes as part of a giant global database targeting influential figures.
The leaked database, revealed by The Australian Financial Review, was compiled by Shenzhen firm Zhenhua Data, which lists the People's Liberation Army and Communist Party among its main clients.
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Angus Grigg is an investigative reporter based in Sydney. He has worked as a foreign correpondent in China and Indonesia, and has won two Walkley Awards. Connect with Angus on Twitter. Email Angus at agrigg@afr.com
