Thousands of Android and iOS Apps Leak Data From the Cloud
It's the digital equivalent of leaving your windows or doors open when you leave the house—and in some cases, leaving them open all the time.
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Mittal hopes that raising awareness about mobile cloud misconfigurations will motivate developers to take a closer look at their infrastructure and flip a few switches to lock things down. But given how difficult it can be to reach the right person within an organization—and how common it is for companies to outsource the development of their own apps—it will likely take time to solve the problem.“For users, their personally identifying information could be exposed, medical information, test results, phone numbers, even passwords to certain accounts," Mittall says. "And for enterprises this creates risk, too. Attackers could gather information that helps them hack in deeper.”