The TikTok denies reports that their platform was hacked by a hacking group, which she claims to have in her hands 790 GB with user data and source code
Η hacking group calling itself “AgainstTheWest", claims to have stolen the platform's source code as well as information from users' accounts from TikTok, while in response to these claims, the TikTok states that the security team that has “found no evidence that a security breach had occurred».
In accordance with Bleeping Computer, the group of hackers named “AgainstTheWest”, posted some images containing data from the alleged TikTok database, on a forum specialized in hacking, saying that they managed to collect this data from a server used by TikTok . In fact, as the hackers claim, on this server over 2 billion records and user data size 790 GB, which also includes platform statistics, app source code, and more.
As his representative stated TikTok on The Verge,
This is so far pretty inconclusive? some data matches production info, albeit publicly accessible info. Some data is junk, but it could be non-production or test data. It's a bit of a mixed bag so far.
- Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) September 5, 2022
Most of the "stolen" data appears to have been information obtained from the platform, is published on users' public profiles, and as reported by Troy Hunt, its regional director Microsoft and creator of the well-known tool and website Have I Been Pwned, this data is completely "vague and mixed", and speculated that some of this data isn't real, but came from some tests done on the platform in the past, and probably wasn't obtained through a hack.
The group of Hackers, who call themselves “AgainstTheWest,” claims to have also collected a lot of data from the Chinese messaging app as well WeChat. However, the Hunt could not confirm to us whether the database in the hands of the hackers actually contained information stolen from WeChat, with the company itself not proceeding with any commentary on what it mentions The Verge.
Both the TikTok as well as the WeChat have come under scrutiny over their ties to China (the ByteDance its parent company TikTok based in China).
The TikTok has moved to house US data on US-based Oracle servers in an attempt to reverse recent reports about TikTok employees in China accessing US-sourced user information.
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