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Facebook and Twitter data was exposed to developers through app store bug

On Monday, Facebook and Twitter announced that the data of hundreds of users may have been improperly accessed after their accounts were used for logging into Google Play Store apps on Android devices.

The researchers discovered that a development kit named One Audience gave outside developers access to personal information, including usernames and email addresses.

Correction: An earlier version of this headline implied that Twitter and Facebook had directly exposed user data to developers.

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Author: Makena Kelly

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