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SINGAPORE—China cybersecurity investigators launched a probe of the operator of the country’s biggest academic database, they said Friday, as Beijing heightens scrutiny of technology companies with big troves of data.

The database operator, Tongfang Knowledge Network (Beijing) Technology Co., manages a cache of personal information and data for key industries that include defense, telecommunications, transportation and natural resources, the Cyberspace Administration of China, which oversees internet regulation, said Friday.

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