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Sead Fadilpašić

Web app bug exposed details of over half a million Neighbourhood Watch members

Data Breach.

Neighbourhood Alert, a messaging app for members in the UK, was leaking sensitive user data to anyone who cared to look, experts have revealed.

In the UK, citizens can form neighborhood watch groups, which have their authorized administrators, and other members. To communicate, members can use different apps, including Neighbourhood Alert which was, according to a report by The Register endorsed by national and regional local authorities, and had more than half a million members.

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