<s>
The	O
WooYun	B-Application
(	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
Mainland	O
China-based	O
vulnerability	O
disclosure	O
platform	O
founded	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
by	O
Fang	O
Xiaodun	O
and	O
Meng	O
De	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WooYun	B-Application
touted	O
itself	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
free	O
and	O
equal	O
platform	O
for	O
reporting	O
vulnerabilities	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
evening	O
of	O
July	O
19	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
someone	O
broke	O
the	O
news	O
that	O
all	O
the	O
senior	O
managements	O
of	O
WooYun	B-Application
were	O
taken	O
away	O
by	O
the	O
police	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iThome.com.tw	O
speculated	O
that	O
the	O
most	O
likely	O
reason	O
for	O
the	O
shutdown	O
of	O
WooYun	B-Application
was	O
that	O
hackers	B-Application
on	O
the	O
platform	O
exposed	O
a	O
vulnerability	O
in	O
the	O
system	O
of	O
China	O
's	O
United	O
Front	O
Work	O
Department	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
leaked	O
Chinese	O
state	O
secrets	O
and	O
stepped	O
on	O
the	O
bottom	O
line	O
of	O
the	O
Chinese	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
