Tencent QQ responds to "a large number of accounts being stolen"

On June 27, Tencent QQ's official Weibo responded to the "a large number of accounts was stolen" incident.

"At about 10 pm on June 26, we received some users who feedback the QQ number of the QQ number. The QQ security team attaches great importance to and immediately launched an investigation. It is found that the main reason is that the user scan the QR code of the QR code that the criminals forgery with the criminals and authorize the login. The login behavior was hijacked and recorded by the black producer gang, and was subsequently used by criminals to use bad pictures.

After confirming the reason, we organized safety technical forces for the first time and actively confronted the black production and evil. At present, the scope of affected has been controlled. The user accounts affected by this incident have also resumed normal use this morning.

We apologize for the inconvenience to users! At present, we are collecting the criminal evidence of organizing the black -producing gang, and we will cooperate with the relevant departments to carry out the work according to the needs to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the platform and users. Here, we also remind users not to scan the QR code of unknown sources. When logging in to the account in a very useful environment, we must increase security and vigilance to prevent the risk of stolen accounts. "

Source: Beijing Daily, Tencent QQ

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