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One billion TikTok accounts hacked!!!
Cyber security researchers revealed the data of more than one billion users of the “TikTok” application has been compromised.
The researchers said that the application was hacked a few days ago, during which hackers accessed the data of more than one billion users, while the application’s spokesman denied the occurrence of any infiltration or data theft, according to the “Middle East” website, quoting the British newspaper The Independent.
They said that the breach was revealed at a popular hacking forum held two days ago, where hackers claimed to have exploited an unsecured server containing personal information of TikTok users.
The alleged hackers confirmed that they had access to about 34 gigabytes of data belonging to TikTok users, much of it belonging to minors .
Security researcher Troy Hunt, who runs the data-hacking service Have I Been Pwned used by dozens of national governments, analyzed a sample of data included in the hacking forum to see if the hack occurred, but was unable to verify whether the hack occurred from the sample .
“It is somewhat inconclusive so far,” Hunt said today. Some of the data the hackers allegedly hacked was already publicly available by its owners, and some was classified as private but was unimportant.”
For his part, a TikTok spokesperson denied any breach, saying: “We prioritize the privacy and security of our users’ data. Our security team investigated these allegations and found no evidence of a security breach.”
This information coincided with a security alert from Microsoft, warning of a “high security vulnerability” in the “Tik Tok” application on Android devices, which could allow attackers to “breach user accounts with one click .”
It is worth noting that “Tik Tok”, which was launched in 2016, succeeded in attracting 1.4 billion users, the majority of whom are under the age of 15, thanks to its reliance on short and fast videos, mostly based on singing and acting challenges
