Emerging Indian social media app Slick left an inner database containing customers’ private info, together with information of school-going youngsters, publicly uncovered to the web for months.
Since at the least December 11, a database containing full names, cell numbers, dates of delivery, and profile photos of Slick customers was left on-line with no password.
Bengaluru-based Slick launched in November 2022 by former Unacademy govt Archit Nanda after pivoting from crypto and shutting his earlier startup CoinMint. His newest enterprise, Slick, is accessible on each Android and iOS and works equally to Gas, a compliments-based app that’s common within the United States. The app additionally permits faculty and faculty college students to speak with and about their mates anonymously.
Security researcher Anurag Sen from CloudDefense.ai discovered the uncovered database, and requested TechCrunch for assist in reporting the incident to the social media startup. Slick secured the database a short while after TechCrunch reached out on Friday.
Due to a misconfiguration, anybody aware of the database’s IP tackle may entry the database, which contained entries of over 153,000 customers on the time it was secured. TechCrunch additionally discovered that the database might be accessed by an easy-to-guess subdomain on Slick’s major web site.
The researcher additionally knowledgeable the India’s laptop emergency response staff, referred to as CERT-In, the nation’s lead company for dealing with cybersecurity points.
Nanda confirmed to TechCrunch that Slick mounted the publicity. It’s not recognized if anybody aside from Sen discovered the database earlier than it was secured.
Slick attracted many youthful customers in India shortly after debuting final 12 months. Earlier this month, Nanda took to Twitter to announce that the app crossed 100,000 downloads.