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BLU fixes security issue that affected 120K of its phones

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Himanshu 16 November 2016

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Miami-based smartphone manufacturer BLU has confirmed that around 120,000 of its phones were affected by a security breach. The issue - caused by a 3rd party application which had been collecting unauthorized personal data - has been fixed, the company says.

Discovered by security firm Kryptowire, the issue was with the "Wireless Update" application - it's a third-party app (developed by a Chinese company) that BLU used to deliver over-the-air (OTA) updates to its handsets.

Specifically, the app was found to be harvesting users' personal data such as text messages, call logs, and contacts, and sending it to a server in China.

"The affected application has since been self-updated and the functionality verified to be no longer collecting or sending this information," BLU said in a statement on its website.

To check if your BLU device is affected by this issue, head to Settings -> Apps -> Show System -> Wireless Update. If the app's version if from 5.0.x to 5.3.x, then you need to immediately contact the company.

Source | Via

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  • LC8
  • 02 Feb 2017

do you really still believe iPhones a North American? hahahahaha

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  • MarvinJared
  • xe@
  • 18 Nov 2016

My customer confidence has been lowered by this revelation by being breach of trust. As the identity of this third party application has been identified; not from any information shared by BLU yet in searching out other sources. So being as this is...

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  • Anonymous
  • 3Jn
  • 16 Nov 2016

Thanks for that. As far as I can tell, it's clean.. Martin

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