Roehl Niño Bautista · · 1 min readWalmart pulled up by police in China over cybersecurity issues
Shenzhen police pulled up US retail giant Walmart over alleged cybersecurity violations as it found 19 “vulnerabilities” in its system, reported Reuters, citing local media firm China Quality News.
While the local media outlet didn’t provide details on the retail giants’ violations, the Shenzhen police said that the store was too slow in fixing the cybersecurity gaps.
The development comes after Walmart in China recently saw complaints about its retail arm, Sam’s Club, after the latter removed products sourced from the Xinjiang region from its shelves. The province continues to be the subject of a tussle between China and the US over human rights issues involving Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
As a result, many customers canceled their Sam’s Club memberships. This comes after the retail arm was slapped with a US$1,568 food safety fine in Shanghai after the city’s market regulator found a vegetable product with no expiration or production date at one of its branches.
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Editing by Collin Furtado and Arpit Nayak
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