A Popular Virtual Keyboard App Leaks 31 Million Users' Personal Data (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday December 5, 2017 @05:30AM from the security-woes dept.

Zack Whittaker, writing for ZDNet: Personal data belonging to over 31 million customers of a popular virtual keyboard app has leaked online, after the app's developer failed to secure the database's server. The server is owned by Eitan Fitusi, co-founder of AI.type, a customizable and personalizable on-screen keyboard, which boasts more than 40 million users across the world. But the server wasn't protected with a password, allowing anyone to access the company's database of user records, totaling more than 577 gigabytes of sensitive data. The database appears to only contain records on the app's Android users.

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Idiot users by reanjr · 2017-12-05 05:37 · Score: 3, Insightful

Would you like to install this keyboard that requires access to the network?
No.
Stolen contact data... by b0s0z0ku · 2017-12-05 05:38 · Score: 3, Insightful

A keyboard CrAPPlet has no need for access to contact data, let alone to upload it to an outside server. There could be only two reasons: to spam, or to sell it.
Either way, hope the company gets sued to Kingdom come and its founder ends up jailed.
Re:Hanging offence by Immerman · 2017-12-05 06:47 · Score: 5, Insightful

Frack the password - why was a fracking *keyboard app* storing personal information on a remote server in the first place!?!?!

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