{"id":26534,"date":"2017-12-06T01:02:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T01:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/millions-caught-in-virtual-keyboard-app-data-breach\/"},"modified":"2017-12-06T01:02:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T01:02:11","slug":"millions-caught-in-virtual-keyboard-app-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/millions-caught-in-virtual-keyboard-app-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions caught in virtual keyboard app data breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Security researchers claim to have found the personal data of 31 million Android users of the keyboard app Ai.type after finding an open database online.<\/p>\n<p>The app offers themed keyboards for phones and tablets.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers claimed data left visible included names, phone numbers, locations and Google queries.<\/p>\n<p>The boss of the Israeli company behind the app admitted the breach but said most of the data was not sensitive.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Diachenko, from the Kromtech Security Centre, part of security company Mackeeper, said the amount of data required by the app at point of download was &quot;shocking&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Why would a keyboard and emoji application need to gather the entire data of the user&#039;s phone or tablet?&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/mackeepersecurity.com\/post\/virtual-keyboard-developer-leaked-31-million-of-client-records\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">he wrote in his report.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Based on the leaked database, they appear to collect everything from contacts to keystrokes.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>But Eitan Fitusi, chief executive and founder of Ai.type, told the BBC the amount of data exposed was not as extensive as claimed.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It was a secondary database,&quot; he said of the discovery.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Fitusi said:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the geo-location data was not accurate<\/li>\n<li>no IMEI information (a model number for a specific phone) had been gathered<\/li>\n<li>the user behaviour collected by the company involved only which ads they clicked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The database has now been shut down and Mr Fitusi said he was &quot;confident&quot; about the company&#039;s security.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Diachenko responded that while there were no credit card or payment details, there was a wide range of personal information including social media profiles.<\/p>\n<p>Ai.type&#039;s own figures state that the app has been downloaded about 40 million times on the Google Play store since its launch in 2010.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-42238574\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p> [contf] [contfnew]         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/is3.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Purple118\/v4\/4c\/2c\/a9\/4c2ca936-441b-0a48-179b-40c734137d04\/source\/175x175bb.jpg\"\/> <\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a><\/h5>\n<p> [contfnewc] [contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security researchers claim to have found the personal data o..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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