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Whisper: "Anonymous" social media app for sharing intimate confessions left user data exposed on-line: report

Cybersecurity professionals were ready to get right to use up to 900 million particular person data hooked up to the tool that were allegedly being stored in a database without good enough password protection.
Cybersecurity experts were able to access up to 900 million user records linked to the software that were allegedly being stored in a database without adequate password protection.

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Author: Newsweek

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