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Applebee's exposed customers' personal data after leaving database password in app

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EXCLUSIVE: A security researcher discovered the hardcoded credential in Applebee's app, allowing unrestricted access to customers' personal data.

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The leakage of customers' personal data is one of the most serious security issues in the tech world today. In this article, we'll examine a security vulnerability in the Applebee's app. A security flaw in the Applebee's app exposed customers' personal data. The popular restaurant chain Applebee's fixed a security vulnerability that allowed anyone to access the personal information of its registered customers, after a security researcher discove…

A password included in Applebee's Android app allowed you to view customer information in a database. The string corrected the bug, but did not specify how many people could be exposed or clarify whether you have records to determine if anyone accessed the data.

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BizToc broke the news on Friday, October 30, 2026.
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