As stated by the Company’s spokesperson on Tuesday, TikTok has adopted steps to curb a cyber-attack that had targeted a number of brand and celebrity accounts such as CNN. Thatk said it was working with the concerned account owners in order to restore their access and denied that the number of compromised accounts was significant.
A source at TikTok told Reuters that even though reality TV star Paris Hilton’s account was among those attacked, it remained uncompromised. ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok is currently in court challenging a US law which requires them to sell off this by January next year or face a ban in the country over national security concerns.
