Kuaishou Technology, a Chinese short-video platform, had its live-streaming rooms flooded with explicit content following a cyberattack conducted by "black and gray industries" on Monday, the South China Morning Post reports.
Malicious videos and breached live-streaming rooms, which had over 50,000 viewers, have since been taken down, according to Kuaishou, which has already informed law enforcement and regulatory bodies regarding the incident. T
he attack was noted by Hong Kong China Network Security Association founding chair David Ip to be indicative of Kuaishou's inadequate threat intelligence and detection capabilities. Reduced barriers to cybercrime brought upon by AI and other tools should prompt Kuaishou to extensively audit infrastructure, app, and data security protocols, Ip added.
AI and big data were previously touted to have been leveraged by Kuaishou to combat illicit cyber activity on its platform, with self-developed anti-fraud models impeding 96.5% of scams last year and other security measures banning 2.6 million nefarious devices.
Malicious videos and breached live-streaming rooms, which had over 50,000 viewers, have since been taken down, according to Kuaishou, which has already informed law enforcement and regulatory bodies regarding the incident. T
he attack was noted by Hong Kong China Network Security Association founding chair David Ip to be indicative of Kuaishou's inadequate threat intelligence and detection capabilities. Reduced barriers to cybercrime brought upon by AI and other tools should prompt Kuaishou to extensively audit infrastructure, app, and data security protocols, Ip added.
AI and big data were previously touted to have been leveraged by Kuaishou to combat illicit cyber activity on its platform, with self-developed anti-fraud models impeding 96.5% of scams last year and other security measures banning 2.6 million nefarious devices.
