ByteDance finds employees obtained TikTok user data of two journalists

ByteDance employees accessed the data as part of an unsuccessful effort to investigate leaks of company information earlier this year and were aiming to identify potential connections between two journalists, a former BuzzFeed reporter, and a Financial Times reporter, and company employees, the email from ByteDance general counsel Erich Andersen said.

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