Tumblr’s ‘recommended blogs’ feature exposed user data
A security bug that hit Tumblr’s recommended blogs module may have exposed users’ private information, according to an open letter . Information like email addresses, passwords, IP addresses, and self-reported locations may have become exposed due to the bug if individual accounts were hit. It’s unclear if the bug affected individual accounts, according to the open letter, but an investigation concluded that the bug “was rarely present.” Related: YouTube was down but now it’s back “We’ve also thoroughly investigated any way in which our community could have been affected,” the letter reads. “We found no evidence that this bug was abused, and there is nothing to suggest that unprotected account information was accessed.” The bug was brought to Tumblr’s attention through a bug bounty program run by Oath, Tumblr’s parent company. A security researcher discovered that if a blog appeared in the recommended section of a user’s dashboard, “it was possible, using debug...