People search Tencent Holdings data breach timeline because the brand sits on billions of accounts, credentials, and cloud workloads. BreachHistory indexes 3 Tencent Holdings-linked incidents, with headline counts up to 364M+ in catalog rows. This page maps every attested event through 2026 with internal links to canonical records.
Why Tencent Holdings breach history matters
Tencent Holdings operates in Technology (China). Across indexed rows, recurring themes include cloud and database misconfiguration. Understanding the chronological pattern helps security teams, customers, and regulators separate confirmed disclosures from forum marketing.
Full timeline through 2026
2022 — — User data
Cataloged incident. Hacked. User data. Exposed categories include Names, emails, addresses, and other PII. No attested victim count is published for this row yet. See the tencent2022 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
2021 — 43 apps rebuked (WeChat, Alibaba)
Cataloged incident. China MIIT rebuked 43 apps including WeChat, Alibaba e-reading. Illegal transfer of contact lists, location data. Intrusive pop-ups. Trip.com, iQiyi also cited. Exposed categories include Contact lists, location data. No attested victim count is published for this row yet. See the miit-wechat-alibaba2021 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
2019 — 364M users exposed
Cataloged incident. 300M+ user data accessible via IP. Chinese IDs, images, addresses, GPS, messages. Data distributed to 17 servers. Users not following censorship. Exposed categories include IDs, images, addresses, GPS, messages. BreachHistory cites approximately 364M+ affected records in this row. See the wechat-qq2019 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
Patterns and analysis
- Cloud and database misconfiguration — appears across multiple Tencent Holdings catalog entries; prioritize controls that address this class of failure.
- Record-count hygiene — BreachHistory indexes actor-cited figures separately from company-confirmed totals; read each row's technicalWriteup before treating counts as fact.
- 2026 monitoring — New disclosures roll into this timeline as they are verified or labeled unverified per catalog policy.
What to do if you may be affected
- Step 1: Enable phishing-resistant MFA on every account tied to this brand.
- Step 2: Use unique passwords and a password manager—breach rows often involve credential reuse.
- Step 3: Monitor official company breach notices and regulator filings, not dark-web downloads.
- Step 4: Review OAuth app permissions and revoke unused third-party integrations.
- Step 5: Bookmark the Tencent Holdings company page for new 2026+ disclosures.
Canonical BreachHistory hub
Explore every indexed row: breachhistory.com/tencent · Latest: tencent2022.
Sources: BreachHistory catalog (3 rows for Tencent Holdings), company and regulator disclosures cited in individual breach records.