# DeepSeek

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-02-26**: SCMP Report — South China Morning Post brings global attention to the 'digital public shaming' campaign.
- **2026-02-19**: Free Nora Investigation — Feminist collective Free Nora publishes findings on Doubao's exploitation for deepfakes.
- **2025-12-31**: Market Data Released — QuestMobile reports Doubao has 155M weekly active users, leading the Chinese AI market.

## Recent coverage (3 stories)

### 3 Major Distillation Attacks Push US AI Firms to Seek Cyber Defenses
2026-07-21 09:49:03 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Multiple U.S. AI leaders are facing a sophisticated new cyber threat: model distillation attacks by Chinese labs. With traditional protections failing, the industry is urging the government to treat these IP thefts as a national cybersecurity priority.
Full story: https://getcyberbrief.com/story/cyber-us-ai-firms-distillation-attacks-chinese-threat

### 25,000 fake accounts used in 28.8M API exchanges to steal Claude's AI capabilities
2026-07-12 11:22:40 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 3

The Alibaba-led campaign represents a massive API abuse operation, deploying 25,000 fraudulent accounts to exfiltrate over 28.8 million Claude model responses, highlighting critical weaknesses in AI service security and the need for advanced threat intelligence sharing.
Full story: https://getcyberbrief.com/story/anthropic-claude-api-attack-cyber-threat-intel

### China's AI Safety Crisis: ByteDance's Doubao Exploited for Deepfake Shaming
2026-02-27 00:21:59 · Sentiment: Strongly negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 3

ByteDance's Doubao chatbot is under fire after reports revealed its safety protocols are being systematically bypassed to create non-consensual pornographic deepfakes. A grassroots investigation by Free Nora uncovered a coordinated 'digital public shaming' campaign leveraging a coded prompt system known as 'fenjue' to circumvent moderation.
Full story: https://getcyberbrief.com/story/china-ai-safety-bytedance-doubao-deepfake-shaming

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