Security News > 2022 > June > Tencent admits to poisoned QR code attack on QQ chat platform
Chinese web giant Tencent has admitted to a significant account hijack attack on its QQ.com messaging and social media platform.
In a post to rival social media platform Sina Weibo - a rough analog of Twitter - Tencent apologized for the incident.
Tencent has characterized that issue as representing "Stolen" accounts.
Tencent asserts the incident stared with criminals posting QR codes that claimed to offer game logins.
Tencent's security team swung into action and the company stated that by early Monday morning accounts had been restored.
Those authorities are likely to be interested in Tencent and whoever created the poison QR codes, as China has recently made it clear it expects its web giants to take their responsibility to the nation seriously.
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