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Personal data belonging to over 31 million customers of a popular virtual keyboard app has leaked online, after the app's developer failed to secure the database's server.
The server is owned by Eitan Fitusi, co-founder of AI.type, a customizable and personalizable on-screen keyboard, which boasts more than 40 million users across the world.
But the server wasn't protected with a password, allowing anyone to access the company's database of user records, totaling more than 577 gigabytes of sensitive data.
The database appears to only contain records on the app's Android users.
The discovery was found by security researchers at the Kromtech Security Center, which posted details of the exposure alongside ZDNet. The data was only secured after several attempts to contact Fitusi, who acknowledged the security lapse this weekend. The server has since been secured, but Fitusi did not respond when we asked for comment.
ZDNet obtained a portion of the database to verify.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Mobile-Security
https://gustmeesde.wordpress.com/2014/12/13/mobile-security-smartphones-sind-auch-mini-computer/
Personal data belonging to over 31 million customers of a popular virtual keyboard app has leaked online, after the app's developer failed to secure the database's server.
The server is owned by Eitan Fitusi, co-founder of AI.type, a customizable and personalizable on-screen keyboard, which boasts more than 40 million users across the world.
But the server wasn't protected with a password, allowing anyone to access the company's database of user records, totaling more than 577 gigabytes of sensitive data.
The database appears to only contain records on the app's Android users.
The discovery was found by security researchers at the Kromtech Security Center, which posted details of the exposure alongside ZDNet. The data was only secured after several attempts to contact Fitusi, who acknowledged the security lapse this weekend. The server has since been secured, but Fitusi did not respond when we asked for comment.
ZDNet obtained a portion of the database to verify.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Mobile-Security
https://gustmeesde.wordpress.com/2014/12/13/mobile-security-smartphones-sind-auch-mini-computer/