China said to be probing Alibaba over links to police data theft

China said to be probing Alibaba over links to police data theft

Photographer: Gilles Sabrie/Bloomberg

Shares in Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd fell 5.7% on Friday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the Chinese tech giant’s cloud division has been summoned by Shanghai authorities in connection with theft of police data.

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