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China's Sina Weibo urged to step up data security following breaches

By Xu Yuan
  • 24 Mar 2020 04:04
  • 29 Jun 2020 04:47

The operator of China’s equivalent of Twitter, Sina Weibo, has been reprimanded by the country’s communications regulator over data breaches that led to the illegal sale of data involving 538 million users.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently summoned executives of the Chinese social-media platform following reported data

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Xu Yuan

Senior Correspondent


Xu Yuan has worked for MLex for seven years, all of them based in Hong Kong. She has reported on a wide range of regulatory topics, including antitrust, cybersecurity and data security, in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. She has broken numerous stories on policymaking and enforcement involving international companies doing business in the region and done substantial court reporting in Hong Kong. She is currently specializing in covering regulatory issues related to future mobility, including connected vehicles. She previously worked for US TV network NBC in Beijing. She received her undergraduate degree in English Literature and Linguistics from Peking University and a master’s degree from the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at The University of Hong Kong.

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