Leaders Say TikTok Is Potential Cybersecurity Risk to U.S.

TikTok is a “potential threat vector” to the United States, said John F. Plumb, assistant secretary of defense for space policy and principal cyber advisor to the secretary of defense.

TikTok is a social media, video-hosting service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.

Members of the House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on cyber, information technologies and innovation heard testimony from Plumb and Army Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service.The problem with TikTok is that a large number of Americans use it, and China may […]

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