- Security researchers have discovered scores of mobile apps leaking data
- Private messages of over 20 million people are exposed
- The affected apps have been grouped under the Firehound name
Apple often uses the security of its App Store as a reason why regulators shouldn’t force it to open up its app ecosystem to rival stores. After all, the argument goes, Apple vets its App Store for security and ejects apps that are careless with user data. Yet a recent discovery suggests that the App Store isn’t quite as watertight as it seems.
