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Wales Online
National
Alahna Kindred & Neil Shaw

Warning over 400 iPhone and Android apps that can steal your data

IPhone and Android users are being told to delete specific apps from their mobile phones because they could potentially steal their data. The dangerous apps disguise themselves as popular services such as photo editors, mobile games and VPN services.

Facebook has put out an alert after discovering a data hack related to more than 400 apps, reports The Mirror. It has found specific apps that appear to have been stealing private logins from smartphone users.

The apps were listed on the official Google Play Store and Apple App Store marketplaces, which means they could have been installed on thousands of devices.

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