According to a report by Southern Metropolis Daily on July 11, the information that Bilibili leaked user data went viral.
Specifically, a screenshot offering to sell more than 220 million pieces of user data obtained from the Chinese video community Bilibili has been circulating on the Internet. The suspected leaked data includes user IDs and phone numbers, with a price tag of 0.5 bitcoin or 17.72 Ether. A spokesperson for the company denied the rumours.
According to the report, they randomly selected some sample data for verification and found that some user IDs corresponded to Bilibili account numbers, but some of the leaked phone numbers were out of date.
Bilibili denies leaking user data.
User ID is the identity certificate of the user Bilibili and is public information. However, the data suspected of being leaked this time needed to combine the user ID information revealed by the user with a false smartphone number, which created the illusion of a worthy leak. doubt. After some investigation, analysis and comparison, it was confirmed that the leaked data was incorrect.
In June of this year, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued Regulations on the Management of Internet User Account Information, which will come into effect on August 1. These regulations require providers to Internet information services must establish and improve their management system, such as authentication of real identity information: verification of account information, information security and protection of personal information.
On June 26, at Bilibili’s 12th anniversary, Chen Rui, President and CEO, shared the company’s changes over the past year, holding that Bilibili has become more and more a community. friendly community for young people to acquire knowledge and skills.
Chen said of Bilibili’s growth over the past year: “Bilibili is not a tool, but a community. Great importance is attached to building community. Putting community first rather than scale is a priority in our corporate culture. Scaling is just a means; Community improvement is the goal”.
Over the past year, the five fastest-growing content categories in Bilibili were humanities and social sciences, psychology, animals, food, and science. Among them, popular scientific content achieved the highest growth rate in views, reaching 1994%. Even Chen emphasized that the ACG content is still the strongest among all the categories in Bilibili. In the first quarter of this year, views of Chinese cartoons and TV series increased by 30% year-on-year, and primary creative content by ACG uploaders increased by 43% year-on-year.
