China Probes Operator of Nation’s Biggest Academic Database

SINGAPORE—China cybersecurity investigators launched a probe of the operator of the nation’s greatest tutorial database, they mentioned Friday, as Beijing heightens scrutiny of technology companies with massive troves of information.

The database operator, Tongfang Knowledge Network (Beijing) Technology Co., manages a cache of private info and information for key industries that embody protection, telecommunications, transportation and pure assets, the Cyberspace Administration of China, which oversees web regulation, mentioned Friday.