WhatsApp

The bug was found on WhatsApp's platform.

Phone numbers of crores of users have been published on Google.

Mobile numbers of 29,000 to 30,000 users were appearing in text format on Google due to the bug.

Source: https://english.newstracklive.com/news/bug-in-whatsapp-users-phone-numbers-leak-on-google-search-cyber-expert-claim-sc86-nu901-ta294-1098503-1.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/whatsapp.

"id": "wha21136123",
"linkid": "whatsapp.",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "06/2020",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['30,000 users'],
                        'industry': 'Technology',
                        'name': 'WhatsApp',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Bug in Platform',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '29,000 to 30,000',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Phone Numbers']},
 'description': "A bug on WhatsApp's platform resulted in the phone numbers of "
                'millions of users being published on Google. Mobile numbers '
                'of approximately 29,000 to 30,000 users were appearing in '
                'text format on Google due to the bug.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Phone Numbers']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': "Bug in WhatsApp's platform"},
 'title': 'WhatsApp Data Leak Incident',
 'type': 'Data Leak',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Bug'}