it is Already pointed as one of the biggest failures ever in smartphones. A software installed in some Android is sending users ‘ personal data to a company in China.
personal Messages, contacts and geographic information are the content that this software is most easily accessed.
The problem mainly affects the Android devices that cost less than 60 euros and that are for sale in stores such as Amazon or Best Buy, according to the Kryptowire, a company that provides security services to mobile phones.
The software in question is usually pre-installed in mobile phones produced by Huawei, Blu Products and by ZTE. The team that is monitoring this case found that some phones had an abnormal activity. After the first tests came to the conclusion that the private information was being sent to a company located in China, Shanghai Adups Technology.
After the discovery were raised the first suspicions of an alleged connection of this company to the government of that country. The “New York Times”, an attorney for the chinese company in the U.S. said that “this was a mistake committed by a private company,” ensuring that there is no relationship with the chinese government.
in Addition to sending personal information, the software in question is able to fool the security of the smartphones taking over its control to the reprogram in their entirety. Unlike other “bugs”, which are created to steal information from devices, this software has been installed with the aim of monitoring the activity of users.
Up to the point, there is no exact number of devices affected, but can reach up to several million. The creator of the software it is estimated that your product is installed on over 700 million devices, from mobile phones to cars.
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