China-based app maker ignored repeated warnings by researchers that its password database stored in plain text was accessible to anyone online. GDI Foundation said the developer is based in China and the app has been downloaded thousands of times by users. The total database included 2 million username and password pairs, with tens-of-thousands of hotspots located in the U.S. The data included public and private hotspots, but also countless numbers of home Wi-Fi hotspots.”]

