The 7-Eleven Fuel app was offline for several hours as the company rectified a fault that allowed users to see other customers’ data.
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The popular petrol-buying app run by 7-Eleven has suffered a data breach that allowed customers to view the names, email addresses, mobile numbers and dates of birth of other users.
The 7-Eleven fuel app, which the company said this week has been downloaded two million times, was taken offline for a matter of hours on Thursday after a customer alerted the company to the fact that he was able to access the personal information of several other customers via the app.
The app allows users to pay in advance for fuel and lock in lower petrol prices for when they need to fill up.
The customer, who asked not to be named, said he discovered the fault on Thursday when he opened the app and found someone else’s information, including the amount of money in their account, their name, email address, phone number, and date of birth. He logged back out and in several times, and other people’s information appeared in the account when he logged back in.
He alerted 7-Eleven, which took down the app yesterday for maintenance, much to the frustration of several customers on the company’s Facebook page.
A spokesperson for 7-Eleven said the app was brought back online at 5.30pm, but declined to answer any questions about the data breach, stating the matter was under investigation.
“The 7-Eleven Fuel App experienced a technical issue. The issue has been r ..
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