Baijia.com

In early 2017 reports surfaced regarding a data breach involving Baijia, a Chinese education and social networking platform. The incident involved the exposure of user information including mobile phone numbers and account details. The data allegedly originated from a breach of the platform database and was subsequently circulated on various underground forums and data sharing sites popular among the cybersecurity community. The scale of the breach highlighted vulnerabilities in the platform data protection mechanisms during a period of rapid growth for Chinese online education services.