US EditionKink and LGBT dating apps exposed 1.5m private user images online
- Over 1,500,000 private images from LGBTQ+, fetish, and sugar daddy dating apps were leaked online due to insecure storage and coding practices, as reported by Cybernews.
- The affected apps included BDSM People, CHICA, TRANSLOVE, PINK, and BRISH, all owned by MAD Mobile Apps Developers Limited in London.
- Sensitive information, including passwords, was exposed, raising serious privacy concerns for users.
- Aras Nazarovas from Cybernews warned that the exposed data could lead to mental health issues for users due to potential blackmail and intimidation.
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The photos could be viewed on a server without any password or other protection, and the server did not fix the bug for months, even though it had known about it since January.
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