Baidu vice-president's daughter doxxes internet user
The daughter of a Baidu vice-president spread the personal information of an internet user who had insulted Jang Won-young. She and the vice-president apologised, and Baidu denied allegations that its own data had been leaked. How the personal information was obtained and the scale of the damage have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Internet user's personal information spread
- Cause / method
- Spreading of personal information by the Baidu vice-president's daughter
- Location
- China
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Timeline
- The Baidu vice-president's daughter's spreading of an internet user's personal information and the apologies from her and the vice-president were reported.
- Baidu denied allegations of a leak of its own data.
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