Security behind the popular phone app has been breached
A popular mobile phone app has become the latest victim of a data breach.
The makers of Touchnote, an Android app for sending photos you’ve taken as postcards, has sent an email out to customers announcing that the service was hit by a data breach, resulting in customer information such as names and addresses being accessed.
A spokesman for Touchnote said: “Yesterday, 4 November 2015, we received information confirming that Touchnote has been the victim of criminal activity, resulting in the theft of some of our customer data.
“The data that was accessed included your name, email address, postal address, date of birth and your Touchnotee order history.”
The hackers accessed the last four digits from customer cards, however, the company does not store any other card details such as full card numbers, expiry dates or security codes, so that information should remain secure.
Those behind the breach were not able to access customers’ passwords as the company encrypts them, but Touchnote is still recommending that customers change their passwords just in case.
