Controversy over Japanese app that published up to 760,000 personal addresses

A Japanese mobile app may have published as many as 760,000 address book records from its users in a publicly searchable database. The app, called “Zenkoku Denwacho,” or “Nationwide Telephone Directory,” was a free piece of software for Android phones. It says it provides a database of Japanese phone numbers, names and some location information for private individuals and businesses. Japanese security firm NetAgent posted a blog entry calling the software “malicious” and saying it stole the information from users.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2132405/controversy-over-japanese-app-that-published-up-to-760-000-personal-addresses.html