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Baidu denies breach after VP’s daughter leaks personal data, Reuters says

Baidu denies breach after VP’s daughter leaks personal data, Reuters says

Baidu (BIDU) denied allegations it suffered an internal data breach after a top executive’s daughter posted personal details of other users online, Reuters reports. The teenage daughter of Baidu vice president, VP, Xie Guangjun posted personal information of other users, such as their phone numbers, after getting into an online argument. Baidu said all employees and executives are prohibited from accessing user data and the information posted by the teenager originated from “doxing databases” on foreign platforms.

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