WeChat Data Leak Leads To Arrest Of Tencent Executive Zhang Feng
02/11/21 AT 3:21 PM
Zhang Feng, an executive at China’s most valuable public company Tencent Holdings, has been detained by authorities in connection to a data leak and corruption scandal.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Zhang is accused of sending user data from the messaging app juggernaut WeChat to Sun Lijun, the former vice public security minister now under investigation for unspecified violations against the CCP.
Zhang has been under investigation for the better part of a year as investigators learn what data he shared and how it was used. Tencent confirmed that Zhang was under investigation but tried to distance him from its services.