Category Archives: MyFitnessPal

The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data

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Not long ago, the ability to remotely track someone’s daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a powerful surveillance tool that should only be in the purview of nation states. But a new lawsuit in a likely constitutional battle over a New Jersey privacy law shows that anyone can now access this capability, thanks to a proliferation of commercial services that hoover up the digital exhaust emitted by widely-used mobile apps and websites. Continue reading The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data→

Smashing Security #072: Why are firms so cr*p with our private data?

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Grindr, MyFitnessPal, and Panera Bread. They’ve all had data breach scares of varying degrees this week. Some handled the security breaches well, some didn’t. We took a look at how well different firms are respecting your data privacy.
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Panerabread.com breach could have impacted millions

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The Panerabread.com breach might have exposed 37 million customers’ data online. What should you do to make sure your security isn’t compromised?
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Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: MyFitnessPal Breach, Carbanak Leader Arrested

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Under Armor announced this week that approximately 150 million users of the diet and fitness app MyFitnessPal had their personal information acquired by an unauthorized third party sometime in February 2018. As Reuters noted, it is the largest data bre… Continue reading Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: MyFitnessPal Breach, Carbanak Leader Arrested→

Under Armour Reports Massive Breach of 150 Million MyFitnessPal Accounts

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Under Armour is getting kudos for disclosing breach within weeks, but concerns remain over an unknown portion of credentials reportedly stored using the weak SHA-1 hashing function. Continue reading Under Armour Reports Massive Breach of 150 Million MyFitnessPal Accounts→

Under Armour MyFitnessPal hack affects 150 million user accounts

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The accounts of about 150 million users of nutrition-tracking app MyFitnessPal were breached last month, Under Armour (UAA) said Thursday, adding its name to the list of corporations targeted by hackers. Hackers gained access to […]
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Under Armour suffers breach affecting 150 million fitness app users

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Fitness wear company Under Armour is notifying users of its MyFitnessPal app that it suffered a breach affecting about 150 million users some time in February. Under Armour said in a press release on Thursday that an unauthorized party accessed data including usernames, email addresses and passwords. Most of the passwords, the company says, are protected using bcrypt, a one-way hashing function. The breach did not expose personally identifiable information, such as social security numbers, which the company does not collect. Nor did it expose payment information, which Under Armour says it processes separately. The Baltimore-based company says it learned of the incident on March 25 and began notifying users four days later through emails and in-app messaging. It is requiring that users change their passwords. “Once we became aware, we quickly took steps to determine the nature and scope of the issue. We are working with leading data security firms to […]

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