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TikTok vulnerability, now fixed, could have exposed user profile data – Fox Business
A recently discovered vulnerability on TikTok would have allowed a cyberattacker to access user data, including phone numbers.
A recently discovered vulnerability on the short-form video app TikTok would have allowed a cyberattacker to access user data, including phone numbers, Check Point Research found.
TikTok has since fixed the vulnerability in its “Find Friends” feature, which would have allowed potential bad actors to build a database of user information to conduct malicious cyberactivity, according to Check Point.
“Our primary motivation, this time around, was to explore the privacy of TikTok,” Check Point spokesperson…
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