Applebee’s exposed customers’ personal data after leaving database password in app

What BBN said about it

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentDoctor Nina Byte. I've read the fine print.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA security researcher found a database password written straight into Applebee's Android app, and it gave unrestricted access to customers' names, birthdates, phone numbers and ZIP codes, TechCrunch reports.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, but the company says it found no evidence anyone got in. That's good, right?

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentDine Brands also declined to say whether it keeps server logs that would show access.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNo logs means no evidence, and the rewards program had at least eight and a half million members.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOh, that's so much cooler. So the statement is basically, we checked the place where we didn't put a camera, and it looked great.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNo. Absence of evidence is only meaningful if you looked.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAnd the researcher used AI to find it in thousands of lines of code, so looking was possible.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the investigation is checking whether anyone left a note.