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On December 21, Xilai issued an announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in response to the theft of internal data by hackers. According to the announcement, what the company has stolen is some Chinese user information and vehicle sales data before August 2021, which has been illegally sold by a third party.

It is understood that the hacker organization stole about 22800 pieces of internal employee data, 399000 pieces of car owner ID data, 650000 pieces of user address data and 4.85 million pieces of registered user data. The data illegally sold is the same as the content posted online, using bitcoin as the form of payment, with employee data selling for 0.15bitcoin and car owner ID data selling for 0.25bitcoin.

NIO said the company had issued a public statement on the incident in China, which provided a special hotline and e-mail address to answer users about data leaks. At the same time, NIO promises to be responsible for the losses caused to users due to data leakage. NIO also said that the company will do everything possible to support its users, while working with relevant government departments to investigate the incident and take necessary measures to control potential losses.

On December 20, NIO issued an apology after internal data were stolen by lawbreakers. The company received an external email on Dec. 11 claiming to have internal data from NIO and extorted $2.25 million in bitcoin for leaked data, the statement said. After receiving the blackmail, the company set up a special team on the same day to investigate and respond, and immediately reported the incident to the relevant regulatory authorities. After a preliminary investigation, the stolen data are the basic information of some users and vehicle sales information before August 2021.

In the evening, Li Bin also left an apology in the comments section at the bottom of the statement. Li Bin said, "I am very sorry that this has happened. it is our responsibility to protect the information security of users. We have not done a good job. We deeply apologize to you and will be responsible for the losses caused to users by this incident." We will cooperate with the relevant departments to conduct an in-depth investigation of this incident and pursue to the end the illegal and criminal acts of stealing and buying and selling data related to this incident. We will not compromise with wrongdoing, and please provide clues in a timely manner. "

Lu long, chief information security scientist and head of the Information Security Committee, said, "this incident does not involve data generated in the use of vehicles (such as driving tracks, cockpit data), nor does it affect the driving or remote control of vehicles." We are still further investigating the cause and scope of impact of the data leak. Thank you for your comments and questions. I apologize again. "

In response to the leakage of user data, the customer service staff of Xilai Automobile said that they would not take the initiative to compensate, but "be responsible for the losses caused to users as a result of this incident." NIO customer service also said that if you encounter strange calls involving NIO recently, you should be careful not to disclose personal information.

Intelligence is an important trend in the development of automobile industry, and data is the cornerstone of intelligence. With the increasing degree of automobile intelligence, keeping good data to ensure safety is not only related to the rights and interests of users, but also related to the development process of the industry. As the main body of data operation, automobile enterprise is the main responsibility of data security.

From the information disclosed so far, the stolen data has not been related to vehicle safety, but it has been widely concerned by the industry because it is the representative of intelligent electric brands, but even so, the effective protection of data security has become the consensus of the whole society. Wei Lai said that NIO has the responsibility and obligation to use all means to protect user information security. After the incident, the company's network information security was investigated and strengthened to avoid the recurrence of such incidents.

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