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China's Oppo under more Thai data-privacy scrutiny over massive breach

By Jet Damazo-Santos ( January 27, 2025, 08:16 GMT | Insight) -- Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has found itself in Thai data-privacy hot water again after the country’s Eagle Eye data-breach monitoring center flagged allegations that 165 gigabytes of the company’s data were being sold on the dark web. Oppo, along with fellow Chinese smartphone maker Realme, is already under regulatory scrutiny for pre-installing lending apps on their devices.  Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has found itself in Thai data-privacy hot water again after the country’s Eagle Eye data-breach monitoring center flagged allegations that 165 gigabytes of the company’s data were being sold on the dark web. ...

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