Recently, a “disastrous serious bug” appeared on Aliyun Drive, allowing users to see photos of others when creating empty albums.
On the evening of September 14th, several netizens posted claiming that there was a “BUG” on Aliyun Drive. Users discovered that in the album function of Aliyun Drive, simply creating a folder and then selecting images from the classification would load numerous photos from other users’ cloud drives, including selfies, landscape photos, and travel photos.
Mr. Wang from Xi’an mentioned that on the evening of the 14th, he saw many people talking about this issue. He tried it on his computer himself and indeed could see others’ photos, including many sensitive private photos.
A Bilibili content creator stated that they reproduced this bug and saw photos and videos backed up in other people’s cloud drives.
According to screenshots circulated online, this bug in Aliyun Drive mainly occurred on the PC end.
By 7:36 pm that evening, Weibo blogger Lan Xi posted, “It seems emergency hotfix has been implemented. I just tried it, and while the photos can still be loaded, they cannot be previewed. Temporary interception measures have been taken.”
Around 11 pm, Aliyun Drive customer service stated in an interview with “ReadTech News” that they have received reports from other users about such issues, which have been escalated, and related personnel are actively addressing the situation. As for the cause of the “BUG” and the number of affected people, the staff mentioned they are currently uncertain.
According to a report by Jiemian News on September 15th, Ali responded by mentioning that there was a brief service abnormality on Aliyun Drive, which has been fixed by Ali’s technical team. After testing, the functionality of Aliyun Drive is now normal, and the fault has been rectified.
Public data indicates that Aliyun has over 200 million registered users. In July of this year, the launch of their SVIP paid service sparked discussions. The appearance of this “BUG” has raised concerns among many users about potential privacy breaches that may result from it.