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Internet Users Must Be Alert to App-Hacking Technique, FBI Warns

The FBI has released a new warning regarding scammers using app-based malicious codes to infiltrate your devices and steal confidential data.
Internet Users Must Be Alert to App-Hacking Technique, FBI Warns
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) building in Washington, on June 28, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
8/17/2023|Updated: 8/17/2023
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a new warning about criminals making use of beta-testing apps to steal critical personal information of victims.

Beta-testing apps are services that allow for testing mobile apps before they are officially released. Such apps are usually not subject to the review processes of a mobile operating system. “Cyber-criminals are embedding malicious code in mobile beta-testing applications (apps) to defraud potential victims,” the FBI said in a public service announcement on Aug. 14.

Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
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Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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