Files police report regarding false information circulating online.
A Chinese search engine has denied allegations that it suffered an internal data breach after a top executive's teenage daughter posted personal details of other internet users online.
According to media reports, the teenage daughter of Baidu vice president Xie Guangjun is accused of posting personal information of other users, including phone numbers. after getting into an online argument.
Baidu said all employees and executives at all levels were prohibited from accessing user data and the information posted by the teenager originated from illegally obtained "doxing databases" on foreign platforms, which aggregate stolen private data.
Baidu also said it had filed a police report regarding false information circulating online, including claims the teenager had admitted her father had provided her with database access, as the controversy over the incident continued to swell.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
