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A massive data leak exposed 1.4 billion Tencent user accounts. The data includes emails, phone numbers, and QQ IDs potentially linked to the “Mother of All Breaches” (MOAB).

A threat actor named “Fenice” has leaked 1.4 billion user accounts, which they claim belong to Tencent (Tencent.com), a Chinese internet giant and technology company.

Tencent is widely recognized for its diverse services, including social networks, music streaming, web portals, e-commerce, mobile games, internet services, pa

SUMMARY

China’s Tencent Games is the developer of the mobile version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, a vastly popular game that Wapack Labs has identified as being used to create botnets for conducting industrial fraud.  This report examines the relationship between Tencent and the Chinese government to explore the question of whether Tencent is a witting participant in this activity or being used by malicious actors in the government.

Tencent dominates the Chinese online world.  Tencent’s tex