Popular Chinese Shopping App Pinduoduo Is Laced With Malware

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Popular Chinese Shopping App Pinduoduo Is Laced With Malware
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Current and former Pinduoduo employees say the company has a specific initiative to discover Android vulnerabilities and develop exploits. The goal is allegedly to increase sales by monitoring customers and competitors.

Plus, there’s more. Each week, we round up the security news we didn’t cover in-depth ourselves. Click the headlines to read the full stories, and stay safe out there.The Chinese ecommerce giant Pinduoduo has more than 750 million customers a month and sells a vast array of products and groceries.

Current and former Pinduoduo employees told CNN that the company has a specific initiative to discover Android vulnerabilities and develop exploits. The goal is allegedly to increase sales by monitoring customers and competitors. CNN said there is no specific evidence that Pinduoduo gives the data it steals to Beijing, but under Chinese law that would be very possible.

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