Travel App Polarsteps Data Leaked: All Users Can See without Permission
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The widely used travel app Polarsteps suffered a massive data leak for months this summer, allowing journalism platform Follow The Money to obtain the private data of…
Even protected accounts were easy to track, a security researcher discovered. Even home addresses could be traced in this way.
Malicious actors have easy access to travel data of users of the popular travel app Polarsteps. The Amsterdam-based company was notified of the data leak by a cybersecurity researcher but did not take action.
Travel app Polarsteps left the data of 23 million users exposed for months, including trips marked as private.… Polarsteps data leak: locations of 23 million travelers visible
Travel app Polarsteps data leaked: all users can see without permission
You may know Polarsteps, a travel app that lets you let friends and family know about your vacation. The app turned out to be less secure than expected. The globally popular Dutch travel app failed to adequately protect user data for at least six months. research platform follow the money A security flaw has been […]
With the travel app Polarsteps, you can keep those back home updated on your adventures abroad. But user data—even photos and locations shared only with followers—was out in the open. The Amsterdam-based company had known this for at least six months, reports investigative journalism platform Follow the Money (FTM).
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