Today’s most popular social media platform, TikTok, came to the fore with the claim of a major data leak. According to the claim that came to the agenda with the sharing made on a hacker forum, the Alibaba Cloud server, where TikTok stores its data, was hacked and the source codes of the platform and the information of 2 billion users were exposed.
The story of the allegedly compromised data first began on September 3, with data allegedly belonging to TikTok and WeChat. While the hackers stated that they were deciding between putting the data up for sale or making it public, they shared two sample tables that allegedly belonged to this database and were said to be part of the stolen data.
TikTok’s source codes are also said to have been stolen:
In the post made on September 3, hackers claimed that all the backend source codes of TikTok were also found on the server they accessed. Moreover, it was stated that WeChat and TikTok data are located on the same server. As the database continues to be reviewed, the extent of the gap widens.
The hackers, who provided information throughout the process of processing the data, finally shared how many people’s information was revealed in total. According to the claim of hackers, a total of 2.05 billion users’ information was obtained from the database in question. The size of the file reached 790 GB. The information of the users in the database was not shared.
They will not share or sell data:
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The hackers shared that they will not publish or sell the data they claim to have seized from WeChat and TikTok, with the following words:
“Considering that the entries are from all over the world, it is unlikely that we will sell or publish this. Finally, these data include a large number of underage people. The release of such information along with the data stored without the knowledge of the user is so terrible that we think it could lead to something dangerous. Example: WeChat (State-owned) is in the same database as TikTok (which claims not to provide such information to their government).”
So, could the data really have been compromised? Denial came from TikTok!
With the subject being the subject of the news, a statement came from TikTok at the end. Reaching a TikTok spokesperson, Bloomberg received a statement from the spokesperson as follows:
“Our security team investigated these allegations and determined that the code in question was completely unrelated to TikTok’s backend source code.”
Although the subject has been denied by TikTok for now, it continues to be on the agenda. We will continue to report as more developments occur.
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