Phone numbers and other personal details of senior ministers from Britain’s Conservative party were made public by an app security flaw on Saturday, including those of top Brexiteers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson. Several top MPs reportedly received nuisance calls after their profiles were accessed on the official mobile application for the annual party conference, which kicks off this weekend. Fantastic.”A Conservative party spokesperson apologised for the breach, saying the technical issue had “been resolved and the app is now functioning securely”. Britain’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), said it was investigating the data breach related to the app, which was developed by an Australian firm called Crown Comms. “They can’t even build a conference app that keeps the data of their members, MPs and others attending safe and secure,” said shadow cabinet office minister Jon Trickett.

Source: Punch September 30, 2018 07:41 UTC