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Smartphone maker Xiaomi Technology Co confirmed a security breach concerning user account privacy on a BBS it runs on Wednesday, after this was exposed in a report by wooyun.org, news portal cnstock.com reported on Wednesday.
Wooyun.org, a domestic Internet security monitoring platform, found and disclosed a loophole, which qq.com said could affect the private information of 8 million Xiaomi users, on Tuesday.
Xiaomi said hackers illegally gained access to a number of user accounts created before August 2012 on its BBS and apologized for the breach.
User accounts created after the date are safe, Xiaomi said.
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