It’s popular! Apple App Store's search associative word function appears to have been hacked, pointing to the Yicai.piao website!

Qinggua Media News: In the early morning of January 13, a large number of netizens reported that the Apple App Store search association function was suspected to have been hacked, and a large amount of blocked website information was displayed in the prompt text.

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Qinggua Media’s internal employees conducted tests and found that when they entered keywords such as “ WeChat ,” “Baidu,” “Taobao,” “JD.com,” “ Sina ,” “ Tmall ,” “Sohu,” and “ Toutiao ” into the App Store search box, and searched based on the first keyword recommended by the App Store system, a text promotion of “**Blocked” appeared in the search prompts. After clicking on the text, the search page ranked first with an app called “Kingsoft Blocked.”

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When Qinggua Media entered "Tencent", "QQ" and "Phoenix" in the search box, it searched according to the first keyword recommended by the system. The first search results were "500v ip blocked", "blocked" and "mass blocked", but the second search result was also "Kingsoft blocked".

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However, when searching for popular keywords such as "Cheetah", " Meituan ", "Ali", " Alipay ", "Youku", "AutoNavi", "Didi", " Ctrip ", and "LeTV", the search results are still normal.

It is reported that Kingsoft has blocked the software developed by Suzhou Jiangduoduo Technology Co., Ltd. Public information shows that Suzhou Jiangduoduo Technology Co., Ltd. was established in January 2014. Its shareholders include Beijing Cheetah Mobile Technology Co., Ltd., Suzhou Chuangshi Yingjia Investment Management Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Ruyiyun Network Technology Co., Ltd. The legal representative of the company is Qian Guoxiang.

However, an open recruitment information on the Internet shows that "Kingsoft Games" was founded in 2010. It is an Internet games company controlled by Cheetah Mobile, independently developed and operated . Its products include mobile APP, PC and WAP. The games include Lotto, Double Color Ball, Sports Games, Welfare Lottery 3D, and the 11th National Games Gold Medal.

In April 2014, Cheetah Mobile announced in its IPO prospectus submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the company had reached an asset acquisition agreement in March of that year and planned to invest 54 million yuan to acquire the online blocked business of Suzhou Leying Technology Co., Ltd. Public information shows that Suzhou Leying Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2010. Its main businesses include Internet blocked information business and blocked telephone transaction business. It owns the Jiangduoduo Blocked Network. The legal representative of the company is also Qian Guoxiang.

This means that Suzhou Jiangduoduo Technology Co., Ltd. is likely to be a new company established on the basis of Cheetah Mobile's acquisition of Suzhou Leying Technology Co., Ltd. However, it is currently difficult to say whether Cheetah Mobile is related to this matter. Qinggua Media sought confirmation from Cheetah Mobile on this matter, but the other party had not responded as of press time. But I believe that the App Store will deal with this incident sooner or later.

At the same time, as the world's leading source of ranking manipulation and professional information flow delivery platform, Qinggua Media has industry-related friends asking us almost every day about how to operate the App Store drop-down words. We understand its rules, algorithms and operating procedures, but when it comes to complying with national laws and regulations, we at Qinggua Media have always kept a low profile and resolutely not involved in similar related incidents!

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