Indian social media app Slick exposed childrens’ user dataEmerging Indian social media app Slick left an internal database containing users’ personal information, including data of school-going children, publicly exposed to the internet for months.
Since at least December 11, a database containing full names, mobile numbers, dates of birth, and profile pictures of Slick users was left online without a password.
Bengaluru-based Slick launched in November 2022 by former Unacademy executive Archit Nanda after pivoting from crypto and closing his earlier startup CoinMint. His latest venture, Slick, is available on both Android and iOS and works similarly to Gas, a compliments-based app that is popular in the United States. The app also allows school and college students to talk with and about their friends anonymously.
Security researcher Anurag Sen from CloudDefense.ai found the exposed database, and asked TechCrunch for help in reporting the incident to the social media startup. Slick secured the database a short time after TechCrunch reached out on Friday.
Due to a misconfiguration, anyone familiar with the database’s IP address could access the database, which contained entries of over 153,000 users at the time it was secured. TechCrunch also found that the database could be accessed by an easy-to-guess subdomain on Slick’s main website.
The researcher also informed the India’s computer emergency response team, known as CERT-In, the country’s lead agency for handling cybersecurity issues.
Nanda confirmed to TechCrunch that Slick fixed the exposure. It’s not known if anyone other than Sen found the database before it was secured.
Slick attracted many younger users in India shortly after debuting last year. Earlier this month, Nanda took to Twitter to announce that the app crossed 100,000 downloads.
Indian social media app Slick exposed childrens’ user data by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Metallica and All Within My Hands Foundation Raises $3,000,000Metallica and its All Within My Hands foundation ended 2022 on a high note, as its third Helping Hands Concert & Auction raised approximately $3,000,000—100% of which will go directly to All Within My Hands’ efforts supporting workforce education, the fight against hunger, disaster relief and other critical local services.

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Safe to Run is the quiet culmination of years spent fully immersed in a developing artistry, and presents Rose’s always vividly detailed emotional scenes with new levels of clarity and control. Her songwriting transfigures the chaos and uncertainty of a life in progress, but here she introduces a newfound pop element that attaches unshakably catchy hooks to even the darkest stretches of the journey. The album’s production takes a giant step forward. Across all of the tracks, the open-air, live-in-the-room sound she tended towards in the past was exchanged for an exploration of multitracking and overdubs. 

Esther Rose’s Safe to Run will be available across digital platforms, compact disc, and standard black vinyl. A limited Pink vinyl edition will be available at Independent Retailers while a limited to 300 Pink vinyl edition autographed by Esther Rose is available for pre-order NOW via NEW WEST RECORDS. 

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