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October 20, 2019 03:52 pm GMT
Original Link: https://mashable.com/article/mercedes-benz-app-security-breach/
The Mercedes-Benz app accidentally gave people access to strangers' personal info
Car-connected phone apps are a convenient and high tech way for drivers to locate and access their vehicles, but a glitch in the Mercedes-Benz app may have extended that convenience to locating someone else's car entirely.
TechCrunch spoke to two Mercedes-Benz drivers who claim that their apps displayed account information for complete strangers' cars, allowing them to access phone numbers and location data for people entire cities away.
The security lapse, which was discovered on Friday, occurred shortly before the Mercedes-Benz app was taken offline for maintenance. Before the shutdown, though, one of TechCrunch's sources was able to call and alert the owner of the car whose information was displayed on his phone. Read more...
More about Mercedes Benz App, Tech, and Consumer TechOriginal Link: https://mashable.com/article/mercedes-benz-app-security-breach/
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