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Plaintext Apple ID Passwords Data Breach - mothered - 05-21-2018
Greetings to all,
An app, namely TeenSafe, that's commonly used by parents to monitor the cell phone activity of their children, has fallen victim to a data breach. As you'll read below, the lack of security In TeenSafe's servers Is appalling to say the least.
Quote:A popular app used by parents to monitor their teens has suffered a data breach. The app, TeenSafe, touts that it’s a “secure” monitor app for iOS that allows parents to monitor text messages, location, calling history, web history, and more.
Included in the data breach, the report says, was a list of plaintext Apple ID password.
According to the report, TeenSafe left its servers – which are hosted on Amazon’s Web Services platform, unprotected. Thus, anyone could access the information without a password. After ZDNet notified the company of the glaring security lapse, it pulled the servers offline.
Included in the TeenSafe servers was a list of the parent’s email addresses, as well as their child’s Apple ID email address. Furthermore, it included their device’s unique device identifier, and most importantly, plaintext passwords for the child’s Apple ID.
Source.
RE: Plaintext Apple ID Passwords Data Breach - Vultra - 05-21-2018
Omg, this has gotta be a joke. They can't call themselves "TeenSafe" if they can't even keep themselves safe.
RE: Plaintext Apple ID Passwords Data Breach - mothered - 05-21-2018
(05-21-2018, 08:33 AM)Mimiakira Wrote: They can't call themselves "TeenSafe" if they can't even keep themselves safe.
An excellent way of looking at It.
Very well put.