Aptoide is perhaps the most familiar name, another store on Google Play, which is also rumored to be rumored to be a store on Huawei phones because the Play Store couldn't be used. Over the years it has been presented as a thrift store, another great alternative to Google's store. Although they have been the victims of burglaries, there are disastrous consequences.
Security breaches attacked by Aptoide resulted in 20 million user data has been exposed in various organizations on the net. Within the filtered data we find real names, birthdays, emails, IP addresses or device records. Great reward, even though the company wants to look down on you.
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20 million Aptoide accounts
The controversy has already confused Aptoide, because on more than one occasion nationalism has been questioned for what they do, and have had a long legal battle with Google over the years. Besides this, it was presented as a safe and reliable environment, until this security breach showed otherwise, with 20 million mature accounts.
These leaks affect the accounts that will be created and used between July 21, 2016 and January 28, 2018. As we mentioned, users' personal information, such as email, their real name and other personal details, such as their date of birth, has been disclosed. The company confirmed the leak, even though they wanted to remove the issue and say the 20 million accounts for just 3% of all accounts.
Aptoide also pointed out that the majority of users on the platform are often unregistered, so these users did not see their data at risk. They say that about 97% of users downloading programs are unregistered or unsubscribed. Company disregard how this failure occurred security, even though they verify that the filtered data is real. Therefore, they ask users to change their details, to avoid problems.
If you have an Aptoide account and frequently sign in, you may need to change your password. We do not know if the company will provide any other information about this security breach, such as its origin (if found), but it is clear that security is not working properly, which is likely to cause concern. among users.
