Personal info of over 1 mil smartphone users leaked

TOKYO — More than a million smartphone users had their personal information sent to a third party by malware apps in March, police said Monday.

According to a cybersecurity firm, about 16 different software programs, designed for Google’s Android operating system, were responsible for the stolen information, Sankei Shimbun reported.

The various programs, introduce game and movie content, were apparently downloaded as many as 66,000 times, police said.  (japantoday.com)