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A dozen Android apps exposed data of 100M+ users

May 20, 2021

Security researchers from Check Point have discovered 23 Android applications that exposed the personal data of more than 100 million users due to misconfigurations of third-party cloud services.

The experts pointed out that the misconfiguration also expose developer’s internal resources, such as access to update mechanisms and storage, at risk.

“This misconfiguration of real-time databases is not new, but to our surprise, the scope of the issue is still far too broad and affects millions of users.” reads the report published by the experts.

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