An anonymous reader quotes TechCrunch:
Mercedes-Benz car owners have said that the app they used to remotely locate, unlock and start their cars was displaying other people’s account and vehicle information.
TechCrunch spoke to two customers who said the Mercedes-Benz’ connected car app was pulling in information from other accounts and not their own, allowing them to see other car owners’ names, recent activity, phone numbers, and more. The apparent security lapse happened late-Friday before the app went offline “due to site maintenance” a few hours later….
“There was a short interval [Friday] during which incorrect customer data was displayed on our MercedesMe app,” said Donna Boland, a spokesperson for Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz…. “When we became aware of the issue, we took the system down, identified the issue and resolved it,” she added.
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