A rogue game app for Google's Android platform was yanked out of the Google Play store for stealing users' WhatsApp conversation data and selling them online, a security researcher said.
The game "Balloon Pop 2" uploads the stolen data to a website called WhatsAppCopy, which touts the rogue game as a backup app for conversations, according to researcher Graham Cluley.
"Google clearly takes a dim view of the app, as it has now removed it from the official Google Play Android app store. But, of course, it’s quite possible that the app will be widely distributed via unofficial stores – and future versions could be distributed using other disguises than a balloon-popping game," Cluley wrote on his blog.
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