Tencent claims that patched a security flaw in Apple Store – Univision

The Chinese giant Tencent, owner of the popular communication service WeChat (a hybrid of WhatsApp and Twitter), software says it has noticed an error in the application security downloaded from Apple Store.

“It took the necessary steps to avoid any theft of user information”

This is one of the 39 applications in the Apple App Store created with an infected software, which has been called XcodeGhost, as warned in his blog the firm cybersecurity Palo Alto Networks Inc.

Among them was kuaidi WeChat and Didi, a similar application Uber Chinese, and others in various sectors such as mapping, banking or telephone services Mobile.

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Apple said on Sunday that is cleaning the App Store to remove malicious software , which is the first large-scale attack such a service of the US company.

The security flaw was” recently discovered affecting users only iOS version 6.2.5 WeChat “reports the official blog Tencent messaging service.

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he adds that “has been repaired and will not affect users who install or updated version of WeChat 6.2.6 or higher, which is now available on Apple Store.

Tencent says a preliminary investigation into the incident revealed that there has been theft or leakage of information or money to users, but WeChat team will continue to monitor the situation.

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After the failure of security was found, the team WeChat, says the text, “he took steps to avoid any theft of user information “, and urges those who experience any problems to contact the company.

WeChat was created by Tencent in 2011 and last year exceeded 400 million users, with increasing competition Whatsapp in the area of ​​instant messaging.

Meanwhile, Didi kuaidi said in a statement that the privacy of users had not been invaded, and that the application “has been updated immediately” to solve the matter.

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