The Shanghai National Security database incident has been buzzing around the hacker circles, though it’s unclear if it’s true or not. Let’s see if we remember it in a couple of years and revisit then. Based on past experience, after updating local social engineering (SOC) databases, I saw a massive SQL file: 17.9GB. Even previewing it is problematic with standard text editors, let alone opening it. Chatting online with some users, someone mentioned EmEditor.

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Website: https://www.emeditor.com/

I tried it out during my weekend free time – it’s quite convenient. The design supports editing large files, and with sufficient memory, the entire file loads into memory, making searching and editing fast. It also supports splitting files.