TikTok denied reports of the social network being hacked, after a group of hackers posted photos of what they said was a TikTok database, containing the platform's source code and user information. In response to these allegations, TikTok said its team did not find any evidence of security violations, according to The Verge.
Bleeping Computer reported that the hacker shared the image of this database on a hack forum, saying it got the data on a server used by TikTok. The group also claimed that the server stores more than 2 billion records and 790GB of user data, platform statistics, code, and more.
We confirm that all of the data models mentioned are publicly available and there is no such thing as any breach into the system, network or TikTok database, said TikTok spokesperson Maureen Shanahan.
We do not believe that users need to take any proactive action and we are still committed to the safety and security of our global community, he added.
Most of the steal data appears to be public information taken from the platform. Troy Hunt, Microsoft's regional director and creator of the Have I Been Pwned tool, called the Hacker's data "undetectable," but he also speculates that "it could be unproduced or experimental data."
The blogger group, calling themselves AgainstThe West, claimed to have also obtained data from the Chinese messaging app WeChat. However, director Hunt could not confirm whether the hack's database contained stolen information and WeChat did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Verge.
