Twitter and Facebook have both been targeted by malicious mobile SDKs on Android that accessed personal data, such as email addresses and user names. The companies have since informed Google about the issue, and Facebook sent cease and desist letters to the data collection firms behind the SDKs, oneAudience and MobiBurn.
Affected applications include Giant Square and Photofy, but neither Facebook nor Twitter shared a complete list of infected services.
Read MoreMalicious third-party SDKs obtained personal data from millions of Twitter and Facebook users on Android was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
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