Vatican scrambles to patch 'phishing goldmine' app promoted by the Pope: 'Prayer infrastructure on the framework you learn in week 2 of a Node.js bootcamp'
The Vatican's official 'Click To Pray' app, promoted by Pope Francis, was found to have significant security vulnerabilities exposing over 700,000 user emails and personal data. A white-hat hacker revealed the issue, which remained unaddressed for months until public disclosure, turning the app into a 'phishing goldmine' for malicious actors targeting less tech-savvy users.
- Entities
- Topic: App Security
- Company: Vatican
- Topic: Phishing
- Topic: Data Breach
- Game: Click To Pray
- Person: Pope Francis
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