Millions of Twitter and Facebook users may have had their personal information compromised
Twitter and Facebook have confirmed millions of users may have had their personal information compromised by malicious software hidden in third-party apps. This includes names, genders, emails, usernames, and potentially people's last tweets.
"We recently received a report about a malicious mobile software development kit (SDK) maintained by oneAudience," Twitter announced in a blog post on Monday. Concealed in apps downloaded from the Google Play Store, the SDK could "exploit a vulnerability in the mobile ecosystem" to expose users' personal data to third-party developers.
Apps often ask for access to users' social media, linking to Twitter and Facebook accounts to provide features such as in-game leaderboards and the ability to share achievements. However, doing so in an app using this SDK potentially allowed third-party developers to access much more data than users had agreed to. Read more...
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