Overview
- Users encountered thousands of pornographic and violent livestreams starting around 10 p.m. on Dec. 22, with the surge lasting roughly 90 minutes.
- Kuaishou shut down livestreaming around midnight, mass-deleted content and accounts, and gradually resumed service by early Dec. 23.
- The company filed a police report, notified regulators, and blamed organized "black and grey" market actors for the attack.
- State media citing cybersecurity firm QAX reported the use of artificial intelligence and about 17,000 bot accounts, with automated abuse outpacing manual review systems.
- Kuaishou’s Hong Kong-listed shares fell about 6% after the breach, investigations continue, and no group has claimed responsibility as scrutiny of its youth-safety measures intensifies.