Klarna Bank suffered a severe technical issue this morning that allowed mobile app users to log into other customers' accounts and see their stored information.
Klarna is a Swedish bank that allows customers to make purchases and finance them over time.
Today, customers reported that when they logged into the Klarna mobile app, they were showed the account information for other users instead of seeing their own accounts.
This technical issue is illustrated in a video shared by a user on Twitter, seen below.
@Klarna @AskKlarna has a major security issue on their hands this morning!!!! Every sign in is a different persons details pic.twitter.com/0JsTGcGIgE
— Kerrie Stewart (@KezStew) May 27, 2021
After Klarna learned about the technical issue, they took their mobile app offline, which now shows a message stating, "Sorry, the Klarna app is currently down for maintenance."
Klarna mobile app disabled
Klarna states that a recent update led to the technical issue that exposed the data of 0.1%, or approximately 90,000, users.
"This is why we are sad and frustrated to inform you of a self-inflicted incident, that for 31 min affected up to 0.1%, approximately 90 000, of our users.The bug led to random user data being exposed to the wrong user when accessing our user interfaces," Klarna said in a statement about the mobile app bug.
"It is important to note that the acce ..
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