Messaging App Line Exposed Users’ Data to China-Based Company

Messaging App Line Exposed Users’ Data to China-Based Company
The logo of Japanese messaging app operator Line Corp. in Tokyo, Japan, on June 10, 2016. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images
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Japan’s popular messaging app Line recently conceded that its users’ personal data stored on its server in Japan could be accessed by engineers at a China-based affiliate company.

In an official response, Line said that user data had been accessed more than 32 times and that it’s now setting up a committee to rectify the situation.

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