Tencent released its financial report for the fourth quarter of 2016, and payment related services and cloud services continue to become new business growth points
On the evening of March 21, Beijing time, Baidu executives said that a group of "hired hackers" tried to steal Baidu's autonomous vehicle technology, which prompted Baidu to further strengthen its network security team.
Ma Jie, general manager of Baidu's security department, said that it was not clear that these hackers were behind the scenes. "It's hard to find out who hired them, but we know someone is trying to steal our technology by hiring hackers," he said.
To this end, Baidu network security personnel test new products around the clock to prevent attacks on its system. In addition, Baidu also supports Tsinghua University from the "Blue Lotus" student hacker team of "white hat" (white hat, goodwill hacker).
He said: "If we can help students find the right way, it means that the enemy will be reduced in the future."
In addition, Baidu also worked with Tencent, Alibaba and other rival enterprises to combat network security threats.
"The underground hacker market is getting bigger and bigger, so we must help each other to attack the entire underground hacker market. We (Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba) are not enemies, they (hackers) are enemies.
Baidu C increased by 4% year on year.
-The number of registered value-added services was 110 million, an increase of 16% over the same period last year.
Tencent officials said: "In 2017, Tencent will focus on the core platform of society and communication, expand our ecosystem, and deepen our" connectivity "strategy. However, from a financial perspective, the revenue growth of payment related services and cloud services" and other businesses "in the fourth quarter of 2016 was higher than that of online advertising.
