Millions of users’ personal messages leaked from a popular chatting app, aren’t you? – Personal messages of millions of users leaked from popular chat app oyetalk

Many people broke a sweat due to the leaking of messages from the chatting app, no one reads your history!

Mumbai: You can’t have a smartphone and no chatting app in hand. You must have some or the other chatting app in your smartphone. One of those chatting apps you will be using 100 percent. You can send messages to your loved one, friends or family members through this chatting app. But if this message is leaked…! After asking such a question, your fear will increase. But now it has really happened. Data and personal chats of users have been leaked from the chatting app, which has been downloaded by more than 50 lakh people. This app is nothing but Oye Talk app. Data of people using this app has been leaked. Based on Google’s Firebase mobile app development platform, data can be accessed from this app without password protection. It is also coming to light that the same thing has happened in the case of some other apps. Apart from chat, users’ device information can also be accessed easily.

OyeTalk has been downloaded by more than 50 lakh people so far. It has got 21000 views and 4.1 star rating on google play store. But due to security flaws in the app, private data and messages were leaked. This app allows users to host discussion rooms and podcasts on various topics. OyeTalk is promoted as the fastest and growing audio talent hosting application. This app has been downloaded in more than 100 countries so far.

According to CyberNews researchers, the data through the app includes everything from the device’s IMEI number to usernames and unencrypted chats. The biggest issue is the leak of IMEI number. Because the user’s device can be tracked through this. Also can reach real time location. So lakhs of users will be affected.

According to reports, the size of the leaked database is around 500 MB. That is, cyber attackers have gained a large amount of access. There is a possibility of extorting money by scamming or blackmailing users through this data. The preliminary investigation has revealed that the users have been affected by the mistake of the app developer. But despite such a big issue, no action has been taken by the app developers company. The company did not respond to requests for comment. On the other hand, the app’s loopholes have been fixed as per Google security standards. Because this will keep the database safe. It is also advised to download a reliable app.