Cause of the Incident

In early October, a user on the TikTok platform posted an approximately 8-second short video. The video starts with blurry showing a man sitting, accompanied by intense background music. Netizens thought it might just be an abstract video. However, when watching until the last 3 seconds, a face suddenly pops up, followed by the device freezing and crashing (see specific images below).

Screenshot of the beginning of the video

Screenshot of the crashing ending of the video

Post-Incident Situation

After the incident, a large number of TikTok creators reposted and published this video, causing many users' devices to crash while watching. After some time, it attracted the attention of TikTok officials, who urgently fixed the issue by reducing the video quality. However, some users still exploited loopholes, and a small number of creators continued to发布 such videos that crash users' devices.

Crash Analysis

According to my research, the issue is that the video runs stably during the initial blurry phase. The subsequent ghost face image causes an instantaneous increase in GPU processing load due to sudden resolution changes and excessively high pixel count, along with software compatibility issues with the video, leading directly to crashes. On some overly old devices, it may even cause a direct restart. It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version of TikTok to avoid the problem.

Author's Statement

These videos may violate TikTok's user agreement and safety policies. It is recommended not to similar videos. Since the videos are suspected of violating platform management rules, this article will not provide any video files and is for warning purposes only.

Tracing the Video

The author has found many sources of widespread of this video, though they may not be the original creator. The profile contains a link to the creator's Discord channel. If interested, you can click the button below to visit the creator's homepage.

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