We are facing one of those applications used by millions of users (mostly young people) with which videos are recorded and then shared as a social network. In this case, TikTok suffered an attack thanks to a major security flaw exposing email addresses, private addresses and other personal data.
The application has grown brutally in recent months and millions of users register using the app to upload their videos. This makes it a clear target of hackers who look for security flaws to get personal data of users.
The security flaw would have already been fixed
It seems that the application developers themselves found the bug and could have fixed the security hole. In addition, from the company itself they ensure their commitment to the protection of their users' data and with the last version released of the app the bug was fixed.
It is unknown if the problem affected the version of iOS, Android or bothWhat does seem clear is that we have to install the new version as soon as possible if we are using this app on our device. TikTok was undoubtedly one of the most downloaded applications of last year 2019, making it an interesting target for cyberattacks. The middle acquaintance The Sun, Like the rest of the media that echoed the news, they announced that it is important to update our version of the app as soon as possible to cover the security problem.
