TikTok — Data Breach

ByteDance confirmed that employees in its Internal Audit team had improperly accessed the TikTok data of multiple journalists, including reporters from BuzzFeed News and the Financial Times, in an attempt to track down the sources of leaked information about the company. The employees used TikTok account data including IP addresses to monitor journalists' physical locations. ByteDance fired the employees involved and the revelation intensified calls for a US ban.