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# ByteDance Inquiry Finds Employees Obtained User Data of 2 Journalists
- URL: https://werd.io/bytedance-inquiry-finds-employees-obtained-user-data-of-2-journalists/
- Published: 2022-12-22T19:28:13.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-22T19:28:13.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“Over the summer, a few employees on a ByteDance team responsible for monitoring employee conduct tried to find the sources of suspected leaks of internal conversations and business documents to journalists. In doing so, the employees gained access to the IP addresses and other data of two reporters and a small number of people connected to the reporters via their TikTok accounts.” [#Technology](https://werd.io/tag/Technology)

\[[Link](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/technology/byte-dance-tik-tok-internal-investigation.html)\]