Aptoide third-party android app store hacked, detail of 20 million users leaked

Aptoide third-party android app store hacked, detail of 20 million users leaked

A hacker has leaked the data of 20 million user of a third party app store which named as Aptoide, and the data was published on a well  known hacking forum.

The stolen records of 20 million users have been already published online by a hacker who claims to have 19 million more. according to a new  report. Aptoide is the ideal alternative of google play store is estimated to have more than 150 million users relaying on its platform who downloaded various android application.

Aptoide third-party android app store hacked, detail of 20 million users leaked

The hackers claimed that to have a records of more than 39 million details, out of them they have claimed 19 million has been procured and ready to be published in few days. It include about user who have signed up on the app store from 2018 to current year. It is likely that information is to be sold to the highest bidder on the dark web network.

Aptoide was founded in 2011 has grown quickly grown because of decentralized application store model where every user can have their managed application store. The Aptoide itself an open source and generally well-received, acting as an app discovery platform. As far as third party app stores go: one million applications and seven million applications were downloaded are claimed by Aptoide.

The Aptoide home page claims that the recent studied prove that Aptoide is the safest Android app store. In research and development section there is mention App Sentinel anti malware system project and a system knowledge base called Trust chain.

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