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(Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"42.577344974256\"><body readability=\"86.020444671607\"><\/p>\n<p>Congressional Republicans on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence are requesting a briefing from the FBI and Securities Exchange Commission on e-commerce app Temu and its parent company, Pinduoduo, saying both pose a potential threat to national security and the personal data of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligence.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/9.24.24_sec-fbi_letter_on_temu.pdf\">letter<\/a> sent Tuesday to FBI Director Christopher Wray and SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Chair Michael Turner, R-Ohio, and 13 other Republicans on the committee said they were concerned about numerous news reports over the past year that have detailed concerning business practices of Temu and Pinduoduo, which is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and headquartered in Shanghai, China.<\/p>\n<p>Among those concerns was Pinduoduo\u2019s suspension from the Google Play Store last year, after researchers discovered that its Android app contained a zero-day vulnerability that was capable of elevating administrative privileges, stealing personal data from, and installing malicious software on user devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the above cited incidents and many others, we are concerned about the protection of Americans\u2019 data,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cAnalogous to Congress\u2019 action on TikTok, the relationship between the Chinese Communist Party, Chinese national security laws, and Americans\u2019 data must be understood.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The concerns come as Pinduoduo executives have reported surging profits over the past year, in part <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/23\/business\/pinduoduo-temu-us-ecommerce-bargains-intl-hnk\/index.html\">due to the rising popularity<\/a> of Temu with American consumers. According to Statista, the app has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1393504\/temu-number-of-app-downloads-worldwide\/#:~:text=Monthly%20global%20downloads%20of%20Temu%20shopping%20app%202022%2D2024&text=In%20August%202024%2C%20the%20app,popular%20than%20Amazon's%20marketplace%20app.\">averaged more than 50 million global downloads<\/a> a month since May, numbers that outpace numbers for American e-commerce giant Amazon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/house-intel-republicans-request-fbi-sec-briefing-on-temu.png?w=640&ssl=1\" alt><\/figure>\n<p><em>Global monthly downloads for Temu from September 2022-August 2024. (Source: Statista)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Many American-based applications and platforms have also been accused of conducting widespread surveillance on their users, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/02\/tech\/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk\/index.html\">cybersecurity experts have said<\/a> Pinduoduo\u2019s app goes beyond normal business practices.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, U.S. officials have long maintained that Chinese national security and cybersecurity laws may require domestic companies to hand over personal user data in response to requests from the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pinduoduo has readily acknowledged the risk of company data being handed over to Chinese authorities in regulatory filings. In its latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1737806\/000110465924051610\/pdd-20231231x20f.htm#Item16KCybersecurity_908855\">annual report<\/a> to the SEC, the company highlights data security laws in China as a potential business risk, noting that one of its \u201cchallenges\u201d around data security was \u201ccomplying with applicable laws and regulations relating to the collection, use, storage, transfer, disclosure and security of personal data, including any requests from regulatory and government authorities relating to this data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1737806\/000104746918005119\/a2236253zf-1a.htm#:~:text=533%20Loushanguan%20Road%2C%20Changning%20District%2C%20Shanghai%2C%20People's%20Republic%20of,is%20%2B86%2021%2D52661300.\">filings<\/a> by the company from 2018 flatly state \u201cwe may be required by Chinese governmental authorities to share personal information and data that we collect to comply with PRC laws relating to cybersecurity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Pinduoduo has also denied wrongdoing and pushed back on claims that its code contains malware, saying in its 2024 annual report that the company has faced increased business risks because \u201ccompetitors\u201d were using the 2023 Google Play Store incident to unfairly smear the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompetitors or third parties with ulterior motives could launch aggressive marketing and publicity strategies against us and place the media coverage about this incident among other innocuous or unrelated matters,\u201d the company wrote. \u201cWe are working with stakeholders to refute the allegations while using this opportunity to review our practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CyberScoop has reached out to Pinduoduo and Temu for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition to requesting a briefing, House Republicans posed a number of questions to Wray and Gensler around the extent of information and intelligence sharing between the FBI and SEC on matters related to Temu and Pinduoduo.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.5515370705244\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/house-intel-republicans-request-fbi-sec-briefing-on-temu-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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