MacKeeper is recently in news as MacKeeper revealed the account details of almost 13 million users. (Photo : Reuters)
MacKeeper, an Anti-virus Company which is held responsible of marketing forcefully the anti-malware to its users, is recently in news as MacKeeper revealed the account details that includes names, usernames, passwords, phone numbers, email ids, system information, and IP addresses of almost 13 million users.
Security researcher Chris Vickery found out the leaked account details, and further reported the entire matter to Kromtech, MacKeeper's German Owner. Vickery who applies FoundTheStuff spoke that he could download the sensitive account details of 13 million customers from Company's servers, exclusive of benefiting from any exposure.
Actually, MacKeeper account details were accessible on web publicly. Vickery told that he had engaged a search engine named Shodan.io which can scan for any gadget linked to internet. He came across MongoDB illustration while executing an odd search on port: 27017. His post of a screenshot exhibited database that involved 21.2GB file tagged as "users."
Kromtech explains MacKeeper as a complete software package for preserving Mac OS X systems. He conveyed, "Now it has locked the entire leaky database. Billing data information and credit card detail is not stored or spread on any of our servers. We do not accumulate our customers' personal information."
However the delicate details were unveiled, covering user documents and password hashes for Company's website administration page. Other distinct details added user name, public IP address, product orders, and license information.
As per the Company, its evaluation exhibited that Vickery had only obtained the leaked data info, but didn't share them improperly.
Regardless of several customer details revealed on website, Kromtech maintained that data protection and private user information are its topmost concern, and it plans to release an inside review for spotting possibility of the event, and extra required security measures.
MacKeeper spoke that those Mac users still using MacKeeper passwords should change it to personal passwords.
