'Unnecessary scaremongering' but still some work to be done
Reports that the Home Office's Brexit app contains "serious vulnerabilities" that could expose the phone numbers, addresses and passport details of EU citizens are overblown, say security experts.
To date, one million EU nationals have downloaded the Android settled status app, which asks users to take a selfie and scans the chip in their passports in order to verify their identity.
The Financial Times today splashed with the headline "Home Office app for EU citizens easy to hack" based on a report by Norwegian security firm Promon. The company's researchers found the app contains loopholes allowing them to access any information that was entered into it, including the facial scans and images of passport pages.
However, the Promon team did not reveal ..
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