Alibaba execs summoned by Shanghai authorities over data theft probe - WSJ


FILE PHOTO 3D printed clouds and figurines are seen in front of the Alibaba Cloud service logo in this illustration taken February 8 2022. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

FILE PHOTO: 3D printed clouds and figurines are seen in front of the Alibaba Cloud service logo in this illustration taken February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

(Reuters) - Executives from Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd's cloud division have been summoned by Shanghai authorities in connection with a theft of police data on Chinese citizens, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Based on scans of the police database, cybersecurity researchers concluded that the stolen data of nearly 1 billion Chinese citizens was hosted on Alibaba's cloud platform, according to the report.

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