Security News > 2020 > January > TikTok App Had Major Security Vulnerabilities

The security company Check Point has revealed several vulnerabilities in TikTok, the popular Chinese video app that has raised concerns lately from the U.S. military and lawmakers.

Check Point says it reported the issues to TikTok on Nov. 20 and Tiktok fixed them by Dec. 15.

"TikTok is committed to protecting user data. Like many organizations, we encourage responsible security researchers to privately disclose zero day vulnerabilities to us," says Luke Deshotels of TikTok's security team.

In October, U.S. lawmakers raised questions over whether TikTok was a risk to national security.

TikTok uses two security policies, Cross Origin Resource Sharing, or CORS, and Same Origin Policy, or SOP, to help prevent mischief.

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